διάδοση
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διάδοσις (diádosis, “distribution”), with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from German Verbreitung (von Gerüchten) and English spreading (of rumours) in the sense 'rumours'.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]διάδοση • (diádosi) f (plural διαδόσεις)
- dissemination, spreading, transmission (of ideas, messages, news, trends, etc.)
- (physics) propagation
- (in the plural) rumours (UK), rumors (US)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | διάδοση (diádosi) | διαδόσεις (diadóseis) |
| genitive | διάδοσης (diádosis) | διαδόσεων (diadóseon) |
| accusative | διάδοση (diádosi) | διαδόσεις (diadóseis) |
| vocative | διάδοση (diádosi) | διαδόσεις (diadóseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: διαδόσεως (diadóseos)
Related terms
[edit]- διαδίδω (diadído)
References
[edit]- ^ διάδοση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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