παραγωγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρά (pará) +‎ ἀγωγή (agōgḗ, transporting, leading, noun).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

παραγωγή • (paragōgḗf (genitive παραγωγῆς); ? declension

  1. transport, conveyance
  2. production, creation
  3. massage
  4. sideways movement
  5. persuasion (act of persuading)
  6. deviation
  7. crime, offence
  8. deception, deceit
  9. language alteration; dialect
  10. derivation
  11. (grammar, prosody) paragoge

Inflection

Descendants

  • Late Latin: paragōgē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, creation) with semantic loan from French production.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.ɣoˈʝi/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧ρα‧γω‧γή

Noun

παραγωγή • (paragogíf (plural παραγωγές)

  1. production (the act of producing, making or creating something)
  2. production (the act of being produced)
  3. production (the total amount produced)
  4. manufacturing
  5. (logic) deduction (a process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented)
    Antonym: επαγωγή f (epagogí)

Declension

Declension of παραγωγή
singular plural
nominative παραγωγή (paragogí) παραγωγές (paragogés)
genitive παραγωγής (paragogís) παραγωγών (paragogón)
accusative παραγωγή (paragogí) παραγωγές (paragogés)
vocative παραγωγή (paragogí) παραγωγές (paragogés)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ παραγωγή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading