βλασφημία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰ́σφημος (blásphēmos, “blasphemous”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

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 • (blasphēmíā) f (genitive βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. word of evil omen, profane speech

   Antonym: εὐφημῐ́ᾱ (euphēmíā)

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 blasphēmíā	τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ tṑ blasphēmíā	αἱ βλᾰσφημῐ́αι hai blasphēmíai
Genitive	τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς tês blasphēmíās	τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν toîn blasphēmíain	τῶν βλᾰσφημῐῶν tôn blasphēmiôn
Dative	τῇ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾳ têi blasphēmíāi	τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν toîn blasphēmíain	ταῖς βλᾰσφημῐ́αις taîs blasphēmíais
Accusative	τὴν βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱν tḕn blasphēmíān	τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ tṑ blasphēmíā	τᾱ̀ς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς tā̀s blasphēmíās
Vocative	βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ blasphēmíā	βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ blasphēmíā	βλᾰσφημῐ́αι blasphēmíai
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 (2006–2024)

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 •	βλασφημίες •
genitive	βλασφημίας •	βλασφημιών •
accusative	βλασφημία •	βλασφημίες •
vocative	βλασφημία •	βλασφημίες •

Related terms

• βλάσφημος (vlásfimos)
• βλασφημώ (vlasfimó)