φωνομαχία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φωνομᾰχέω (phōnomăkhéō, “to dispute about words”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “word”) + μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle”) + -έω (-éō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔː.no.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰo.no.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸo.no.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fo.no.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fo.no.maˈçi.a/
Noun
φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (phōnomăkhĭ́ā) f (genitive φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē phōnomăkhĭ́ā |
τὼ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ phōnomăkhĭ́ā |
αἱ φωνομᾰχῐ́αι hai phōnomăkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês phōnomăkhĭ́ās |
τοῖν φωνομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn phōnomăkhĭ́ain |
τῶν φωνομᾰχῐῶν tôn phōnomăkhĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾳ tēî phōnomăkhĭ́āi |
τοῖν φωνομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn phōnomăkhĭ́ain |
ταῖς φωνομᾰχῐ́αις taîs phōnomăkhĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn phōnomăkhĭ́ān |
τὼ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ phōnomăkhĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s phōnomăkhĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ phōnomăkhĭ́ā |
φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ phōnomăkhĭ́ā |
φωνομᾰχῐ́αι phōnomăkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (dispute about words): λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (logomăkhĭ́ā)
References
- “φωνομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φωνομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette