ἱστορία

See also: ιστορία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῐ̔στορῐ́η (hĭstorĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō, “to inquire”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “one who knows, wise one”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ • (hĭstorĭ́ā) f (genitive ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. inquiry, examination, systematic observation, science
  2. body of knowledge obtained by systematic inquiry
  3. written account of such inquiries, narrative, history

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
hē hĭstorĭ́ā 		τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
tṑ hĭstorĭ́ā 		αἱ ῐ̔στορῐ́αι
hai hĭstorĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς
tês hĭstorĭ́ās 		τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν
toîn hĭstorĭ́ain 		τῶν ῐ̔στορῐῶν
tôn hĭstorĭôn
Dative τῇ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾳ
tēî hĭstorĭ́āi 		τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν
toîn hĭstorĭ́ain 		ταῖς ῐ̔στορῐ́αις
taîs hĭstorĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱν
tḕn hĭstorĭ́ān 		τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
tṑ hĭstorĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s hĭstorĭ́ās
Vocative ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
hĭstorĭ́ā 		ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
hĭstorĭ́ā 		ῐ̔στορῐ́αι
hĭstorĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ιστορία (istoría)
  • Pontic Greek: ιστορίαν (istorían)
Borrowings

References


Greek

Noun

ἱστορία • (historía) f

  1. Katharevousa form of ιστορία (istoría)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.