ὀρθοδοξία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.tʰo.dok.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /or.tʰo.dokˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/
Noun
ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ • (orthodoxĭ́ā) f (genitive ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- right opinion
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ hē orthodoxĭ́ā |
τὼ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ tṑ orthodoxĭ́ā |
αἱ ὀρθοδοξῐ́αι hai orthodoxĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς tês orthodoxĭ́ās |
τοῖν ὀρθοδοξῐ́αιν toîn orthodoxĭ́ain |
τῶν ὀρθοδοξῐῶν tôn orthodoxĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾳ tēî orthodoxĭ́āi |
τοῖν ὀρθοδοξῐ́αιν toîn orthodoxĭ́ain |
ταῖς ὀρθοδοξῐ́αις taîs orthodoxĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱν tḕn orthodoxĭ́ān |
τὼ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ tṑ orthodoxĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s orthodoxĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ orthodoxĭ́ā |
ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ orthodoxĭ́ā |
ὀρθοδοξῐ́αι orthodoxĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: orthodoxia
- → Italian: ortodossia
Further reading
- “ὀρθοδοξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρθοδοξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette