ἠθολογία

See also: ηθολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting manners by mimic gesture”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from ἦθος (êthos, “character”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “account”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ • (ēthologĭ́ā) f (genitive ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. a painting of character, especially by mimic gestures
    • Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 95.66
    • 200 CE – 300 CE, Aristides Quintilianus, On Music 1.9.3

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ
hē ēthologĭ́ā 		τὼ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ēthologĭ́ā 		αἱ ἠθολογῐ́αι
hai ēthologĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς
tês ēthologĭ́ās 		τοῖν ἠθολογῐ́αιν
toîn ēthologĭ́ain 		τῶν ἠθολογῐῶν
tôn ēthologĭôn
Dative τῇ ἠθολογῐ́ᾳ
tēî ēthologĭ́āi 		τοῖν ἠθολογῐ́αιν
toîn ēthologĭ́ain 		ταῖς ἠθολογῐ́αις
taîs ēthologĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ἠθολογῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ēthologĭ́ān 		τὼ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ēthologĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s ēthologĭ́ās
Vocative ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ
ēthologĭ́ā 		ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ
ēthologĭ́ā 		ἠθολογῐ́αι
ēthologĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: ēthologia

References

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