ἀδημονία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀδημονέω (adēmonéō) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.de̝.moˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ði.moˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ði.moˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ði.moˈni.a/
Noun
ἀδημονία • (adēmonía) f (genitive ἀδημονίας); first declension(Koine)
- trouble, distress, predicament
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa 4.1:
- ὡς ἄρα Νομᾶς ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἀδημονίᾳ τινὶ ψυχῆς καὶ πλάνῃ τὸν μετὰ ἀνθρώπων ἀπολέλοιπε βίον
- hōs ára Nomâs ekeînos ouk adēmoníāi tinì psukhês kaì plánēi tòn metà anthrṓpōn apoléloipe bíon
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- ὡς ἄρα Νομᾶς ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἀδημονίᾳ τινὶ ψυχῆς καὶ πλάνῃ τὸν μετὰ ἀνθρώπων ἀπολέλοιπε βίον
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀδημονῐ́ᾰ hē adēmonĭ́ă |
τὼ ἀδημονῐ́ᾱ tṑ adēmonĭ́ā |
αἱ ἀδημονῐ́αι hai adēmonĭ́ai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀδημονῐ́ᾱς tês adēmonĭ́ās |
τοῖν ἀδημονῐ́αιν toîn adēmonĭ́ain |
τῶν ἀδημονῐῶν tôn adēmonĭôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀδημονῐ́ᾳ tēî adēmonĭ́āi |
τοῖν ἀδημονῐ́αιν toîn adēmonĭ́ain |
ταῖς ἀδημονῐ́αις taîs adēmonĭ́ais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀδημονῐ́ᾰν tḕn adēmonĭ́ăn |
τὼ ἀδημονῐ́ᾱ tṑ adēmonĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀδημονῐ́ᾱς tā̀s adēmonĭ́ās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀδημονῐ́ᾰ adēmonĭ́ă |
ἀδημονῐ́ᾱ adēmonĭ́ā |
ἀδημονῐ́αι adēmonĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἀδημονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀδημονία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀδημονία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἀδημονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀδημονία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011