πανεπιστήμιο
Greek
Alternative forms
- πανεπιστήμιον (panepistímion) (Katharevousa)
Etymology
From παν- (pan-, “everything”) + επιστήμη (epistími, “science”), a calque of Medieval Latin universitas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pa.ne.piˈsti.mi.o]
Noun
πανεπιστήμιο • (panepistímio) n (plural πανεπιστήμια)
- (education) university
- Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας ― Panepistímio Thessalías ― University of Thessaly
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πανεπιστήμιο (panepistímio) | πανεπιστήμια (panepistímia) |
| genitive | πανεπιστημίου (panepistimíou) πανεπιστήμιου (panepistímiou) |
πανεπιστημίων (panepistimíon) |
| accusative | πανεπιστήμιο (panepistímio) | πανεπιστήμια (panepistímia) |
| vocative | πανεπιστήμιο (panepistímio) | πανεπιστήμια (panepistímia) |
Related terms
- πανεπιστημιούπολη f (panepistimioúpoli, “university campus”)
- πανεπιστημιακός (panepistimiakós, “university, of a university”, adjective)
- πανεπιστήμων (panepistímon, “gifted in all the sciences”, adjective)
Descendants
- → Serbo-Croatian: sveučilište (calque)
Further reading
- πανεπιστήμιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language