ἀλληγορία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compound of ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “I speak”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.lɛː.ɡo.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /al.le̝.ɡoˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /al.li.ɣoˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /al.li.ɣoˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.li.ɣoˈri.a/
Noun
ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ • (ăllēgorĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ hē ăllēgorĭ́ā |
τὼ ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăllēgorĭ́ā |
αἱ ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́αι hai ăllēgorĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱς tês ăllēgorĭ́ās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́αιν toîn ăllēgorĭ́ain |
τῶν ᾰ̓λληγορῐῶν tôn ăllēgorĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾳ tēî ăllēgorĭ́āi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́αιν toîn ăllēgorĭ́ain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́αις taîs ăllēgorĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăllēgorĭ́ān |
τὼ ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăllēgorĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăllēgorĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ ăllēgorĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ ăllēgorĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́αι ăllēgorĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αλληγορία (alligoría)
References
- ἀλληγορία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἀλληγορία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀλληγορία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀλληγορία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἀλληγορία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.