υπερβολή

See also: ὑπερβολή

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ) (from Koine Greek in the sense 'hyperbola').[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.peɾ.voˈli/
  • Hyphenation: υ‧περ‧βο‧λή

Noun

υπερβολή • (ypervolí) f (plural υπερβολές)

  1. exaggeration, overstatement
  2. (linguistics) hyperbole (figure of speech)
  3. (mathematics, geometry) hyperbola (geometric curve)

Declension

Declension of υπερβολή
singular plural
nominative υπερβολή (ypervolí) υπερβολές (ypervolés)
genitive υπερβολής (ypervolís) υπερβολών (ypervolón)
accusative υπερβολή (ypervolí) υπερβολές (ypervolés)
vocative υπερβολή (ypervolí) υπερβολές (ypervolés)

References

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

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