φυσιογνωμονία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φυσιογνωμονίη (phusiognōmoníē) — Ionic

Etymology

From φυσιογνώμων (phusiognṓmōn, “judging of a person's character by their features”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῠσῐογνωμονίᾱ • (phŭsĭognōmoníā) f (genitive φῠσῐογνωμονίᾱς); first declension

  1. the practice of judging a person's character by their features

Declension

First declension of ἡ φῠσῐογνωμονίᾱ; τῆς φῠσῐογνωμονίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ φῠσῐογνωμονίᾱ
hē phŭsĭognōmoníā
Genitive τῆς φῠσῐογνωμονίᾱς
tês phŭsĭognōmoníās
Dative τῇ φῠσῐογνωμονίᾳ
tēî phŭsĭognōmoníāi
Accusative τὴν φῠσῐογνωμονίᾱν
tḕn phŭsĭognōmoníān
Vocative φῠσῐογνωμονίᾱ
phŭsĭognōmoníā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → French: physiognomonie

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