διχοτομία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διχότομος (dikhótomos, “cut in two”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kʰo.to.mí.aː/ → /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/ → /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kʰo.to.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.kʰo.toˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/

Noun

δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ • (dĭkhotomĭ́ā) f (genitive δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (of the moon's quarter) dividing in two
2. bisection, point of bisection
3. point of division between wings of army
4. (logic) division in two parts, dichotomy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ hē dĭkhotomĭ́ā	τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ tṑ dĭkhotomĭ́ā	αἱ δῐχοτομῐ́αι hai dĭkhotomĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς tês dĭkhotomĭ́ās	τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν toîn dĭkhotomĭ́ain	τῶν δῐχοτομῐῶν tôn dĭkhotomĭôn
Dative	τῇ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾳ têi dĭkhotomĭ́āi	τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν toîn dĭkhotomĭ́ain	ταῖς δῐχοτομῐ́αις taîs dĭkhotomĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱν tḕn dĭkhotomĭ́ān	τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ tṑ dĭkhotomĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς tā̀s dĭkhotomĭ́ās
Vocative	δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ dĭkhotomĭ́ā	δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ dĭkhotomĭ́ā	δῐχοτομῐ́αι dĭkhotomĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: dichotomy
• → German: Dichotomie
• → Italian: dicotomia
• → Spanish: dicotomía

Further reading

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