εἰκονογραφία

See also: εικονογραφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰκονογράφος (eikonográphos, “portrait painter”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.ko.no.ɡra.pʰí.aː/ → /i.ko.no.ɣraˈɸi.a/ → /i.ko.no.ɣraˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.ko.no.ɡra.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.ɣraˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.ɣraˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (eikonogrăphĭ́ā) f (genitive εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. sketch, description

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē eikonogrăphĭ́ā	τὼ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ eikonogrăphĭ́ā	αἱ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αι hai eikonogrăphĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês eikonogrăphĭ́ās	τοῖν εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn eikonogrăphĭ́ain	τῶν εἰκονογρᾰφῐῶν tôn eikonogrăphĭôn
Dative	τῇ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾳ têi eikonogrăphĭ́āi	τοῖν εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn eikonogrăphĭ́ain	ταῖς εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αις taîs eikonogrăphĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn eikonogrăphĭ́ān	τὼ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ eikonogrăphĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eikonogrăphĭ́ās
Vocative	εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ eikonogrăphĭ́ā	εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ eikonogrăphĭ́ā	εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αι eikonogrăphĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: iconography
• → Greek: εικονογραφία (eikonografía) (learned) (via Byzantine Greek)
• → Italian: iconografia

Further reading

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