πολυγαμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ́γᾰμος (polŭ́gămos, “married to many”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ γᾰ́μος (gắmos, “marriage”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ • (polŭgămĭ́ā) f (genitive πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. polygamy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ
hē polŭgămĭ́ā 		τὼ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ
tṑ polŭgămĭ́ā 		αἱ πολῠγᾰμῐ́αι
hai polŭgămĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς
tês polŭgămĭ́ās 		τοῖν πολῠγᾰμῐ́αιν
toîn polŭgămĭ́ain 		τῶν πολῠγᾰμῐῶν
tôn polŭgămĭôn
Dative τῇ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾳ
tēî polŭgămĭ́āi 		τοῖν πολῠγᾰμῐ́αιν
toîn polŭgămĭ́ain 		ταῖς πολῠγᾰμῐ́αις
taîs polŭgămĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱν
tḕn polŭgămĭ́ān 		τὼ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ
tṑ polŭgămĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s polŭgămĭ́ās
Vocative πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ
polŭgămĭ́ā 		πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ
polŭgămĭ́ā 		πολῠγᾰμῐ́αι
polŭgămĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: polygamy
  • → French: polygamie

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