λογομαχία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λογομᾰχέω (logomăkhéō, “to fight about words”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from λόγος (lógos, “word”) + μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle”) + -έω (-éō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lo.ɡo.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lo.ɡo.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/
Noun
λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (logomăkhĭ́ā) f (genitive λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē logomăkhĭ́ā |
τὼ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ logomăkhĭ́ā |
αἱ λογομᾰχῐ́αι hai logomăkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês logomăkhĭ́ās |
τοῖν λογομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn logomăkhĭ́ain |
τῶν λογομᾰχῐῶν tôn logomăkhĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾳ tēî logomăkhĭ́āi |
τοῖν λογομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn logomăkhĭ́ain |
ταῖς λογομᾰχῐ́αις taîs logomăkhĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn logomăkhĭ́ān |
τὼ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ logomăkhĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s logomăkhĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ logomăkhĭ́ā |
λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ logomăkhĭ́ā |
λογομᾰχῐ́αι logomăkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (dispute about words): φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (phōnomăkhĭ́ā)
Descendants
- → Latin: logomachia
- → English: logomachy
- → Italian: logomachia
- → Polish: logomachia
- → Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰 (waurdajiuka) (calque)
References
- “λογομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λογομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λογομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3055 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible