βλασφημία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰ́σφημος (blắsphēmos, “blasphemous”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blas.pʰɛː.mí.aː/ → /βlas.ɸiˈmi.a/ → /vlas.fiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blas.pʰɛː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /blas.pʰe̝ˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βlas.ɸiˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vlas.fiˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vlas.fiˈmi.a/

Noun

βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ • (blăsphēmĭ́ā) f (genitive βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. word of evil omen, profane speech

   Antonym: εὐφημῐ́ᾱ (euphēmĭ́ā)

2. defamation, slander, libel
3. blasphemy, irreverent speech against God

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ hē blăsphēmĭ́ā	τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ tṑ blăsphēmĭ́ā	αἱ βλᾰσφημῐ́αι hai blăsphēmĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς tês blăsphēmĭ́ās	τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν toîn blăsphēmĭ́ain	τῶν βλᾰσφημῐῶν tôn blăsphēmĭôn
Dative	τῇ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾳ têi blăsphēmĭ́āi	τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν toîn blăsphēmĭ́ain	ταῖς βλᾰσφημῐ́αις taîs blăsphēmĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱν tḕn blăsphēmĭ́ān	τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ tṑ blăsphēmĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς tā̀s blăsphēmĭ́ās
Vocative	βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ blăsphēmĭ́ā	βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ blăsphēmĭ́ā	βλᾰσφημῐ́αι blăsphēmĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: blasphēmia (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “βλασφημία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλασφημία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βλασφημία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλασφημία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

Greek

Alternative forms

• βλαστήμια (vlastímia)

Etymology

From the roots *blas-, *mlas- from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to deceive”) + φημί (phēmí, “I say”).

Noun

βλασφημία • (vlasfimía) f

1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of βλασφημία

	singular	plural
nominative	βλασφημία (vlasfimía)	βλασφημίες (vlasfimíes)
genitive	βλασφημίας (vlasfimías)	βλασφημιών (vlasfimión)
accusative	βλασφημία (vlasfimía)	βλασφημίες (vlasfimíes)
vocative	βλασφημία (vlasfimía)	βλασφημίες (vlasfimíes)

Related terms

• βλάσφημος (vlásfimos)
• βλασφημώ (vlasfimó)