μεταβολή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “to change”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.ta.boˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.ta.βoˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.ta.voˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.ta.voˈli/
Noun
μετᾰβολή • (metăbolḗ) f (genitive μετᾰβολῆς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μετᾰβολή hē metăbolḗ |
τὼ μετᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ metăbolā́ |
αἱ μετᾰβολαί hai metăbolaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μετᾰβολῆς tês metăbolês |
τοῖν μετᾰβολαῖν toîn metăbolaîn |
τῶν μετᾰβολῶν tôn metăbolôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μετᾰβολῇ tēî metăbolēî |
τοῖν μετᾰβολαῖν toîn metăbolaîn |
ταῖς μετᾰβολαῖς taîs metăbolaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μετᾰβολήν tḕn metăbolḗn |
τὼ μετᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ metăbolā́ |
τᾱ̀ς μετᾰβολᾱ́ς tā̀s metăbolā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μετᾰβολή metăbolḗ |
μετᾰβολᾱ́ metăbolā́ |
μετᾰβολαί metăbolaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: μεταβολή (metavolí)
Further reading
- “μεταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μεταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μεταβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- alteration idem, page 25.
- change idem, page 123.
- departure idem, page 211.
- fluctuation idem, page 330.
- inversion idem, page 457.
- reaction idem, page 675.
- reversal idem, page 710.
- revolution idem, page 711.
- transformation idem, page 888.
- transition idem, page 889.
- turn idem, page 901.
- turning idem, page 902.
- variation idem, page 944.
- variety idem, page 944.
- vicissitude idem, page 950.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.ta.voˈli/
- Hyphenation: με‧τα‧βο‧λή
Noun
μεταβολή • (metavolí) f (plural μεταβολές)
- change, alteration
- Synonym: αλλαγή f (allagí)
- (exercise) about-turn (turn of 180 degrees)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μεταβολή (metavolí) | μεταβολές (metavolés) |
| genitive | μεταβολής (metavolís) | μεταβολών (metavolón) |
| accusative | μεταβολή (metavolí) | μεταβολές (metavolés) |
| vocative | μεταβολή (metavolí) | μεταβολές (metavolés) |
Related terms
- see: μεταβάλλω (metavállo, “to change, to alter”)
References
- ^ μεταβολή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language