κουφολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κουφολόγος (kouphológos) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κουφολογῐ́ᾱ • (kouphologĭ́ā) f (genitive κουφολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. light talking, light talk
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War 4.28:
      τοῖς δὲ Ἀθηναίοις ἐνέπεσε μέν τι καὶ γέλωτος τῇ κουφολογίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀσμένοις δʼ ὅμως ἐγίγνετο τοῖς σώφροσι τῶν ἀνθρώπων, λογιζομένοις δυοῖν ἀγαθοῖν τοῦ ἑτέρου τεύξεσθαι, ἢ Κλέωνος ἀπαλλαγήσεσθαι, ὃ μᾶλλον ἤλπιζον, ἢ σφαλεῖσι γνώμης Λακεδαιμονίους σφίσι χειρώσεσθαι.
      toîs dè Athēnaíois enépese mén ti kaì gélōtos tēî kouphologíāi autoû, asménois d hómōs egígneto toîs sṓphrosi tôn anthrṓpōn, logizoménois duoîn agathoîn toû hetérou teúxesthai, ḕ Kléōnos apallagḗsesthai, hò mâllon ḗlpizon, ḕ sphaleîsi gnṓmēs Lakedaimoníous sphísi kheirṓsesthai.
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    • 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, The Wars in Spain 38:
      οἵ τε φθονοῦντες αὐτῷ τὴν πάλαι κουφολογίαν ὡμολόγουν ἐς ἔργον ἀποβῆναι.
      hoí te phthonoûntes autōî tḕn pálai kouphologían hōmológoun es érgon apobênai.
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Declension

First declension of ἡ κουφολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κουφολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κουφολογῐ́ᾱ
hē kouphologĭ́ā 		τὼ κουφολογῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kouphologĭ́ā 		αἱ κουφολογῐ́αι
hai kouphologĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς κουφολογῐ́ᾱς
tês kouphologĭ́ās 		τοῖν κουφολογῐ́αιν
toîn kouphologĭ́ain 		τῶν κουφολογῐῶν
tôn kouphologĭôn
Dative τῇ κουφολογῐ́ᾳ
tēî kouphologĭ́āi 		τοῖν κουφολογῐ́αιν
toîn kouphologĭ́ain 		ταῖς κουφολογῐ́αις
taîs kouphologĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν κουφολογῐ́ᾱν
tḕn kouphologĭ́ān 		τὼ κουφολογῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kouphologĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς κουφολογῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s kouphologĭ́ās
Vocative κουφολογῐ́ᾱ
kouphologĭ́ā 		κουφολογῐ́ᾱ
kouphologĭ́ā 		κουφολογῐ́αι
kouphologĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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