φιλονικία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φιλο- (philo-) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῐλονῑκίᾱ • (phĭlonīkíā) f (genitive φῐλονῑκίᾱς); first declension

  1. love of strife, eager rivalry, contentiousness, partisan spirit
  2. emulation, eagerness

Declension

First declension of ἡ φῐλονῑκίᾱ; τῆς φῐλονῑκίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ φῐλονῑκίᾱ
hē phĭlonīkíā
Genitive τῆς φῐλονῑκίᾱς
tês phĭlonīkíās
Dative τῇ φῐλονῑκίᾳ
tēî phĭlonīkíāi
Accusative τὴν φῐλονῑκίᾱν
tḕn phĭlonīkíān
Vocative φῐλονῑκίᾱ
phĭlonīkíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: φιλονικία (filonikía)

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