ζωγραφία

See also: ζωγραφίᾳ, ζῳγραφία, and ζῳγραφίᾳ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζῳγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōigrăphĭ́ā)

Etymology

ζωγρᾰ́φος (zōgrắphos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɡra.pʰí.aː/ → /zo.ɣraˈɸi.a/ → /zo.ɣraˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɡra.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zo.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣraˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣraˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (zōgrăphĭ́ā) f (genitive ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the art of painting
2. in metaphorical use

Declension

First declension of ἡ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē zōgrăphĭ́ā	τὼ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ zōgrăphĭ́ā	αἱ ζωγρᾰφῐ́αι hai zōgrăphĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês zōgrăphĭ́ās	τοῖν ζωγρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn zōgrăphĭ́ain	τῶν ζωγρᾰφῐῶν tôn zōgrăphĭôn
Dative	τῇ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾳ têi zōgrăphĭ́āi	τοῖν ζωγρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn zōgrăphĭ́ain	ταῖς ζωγρᾰφῐ́αις taîs zōgrăphĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn zōgrăphĭ́ān	τὼ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ zōgrăphĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s zōgrăphĭ́ās
Vocative	ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ zōgrăphĭ́ā	ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ zōgrăphĭ́ā	ζωγρᾰφῐ́αι zōgrăphĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (art of painting): ζωγρᾰφῐκή (zōgrăphĭkḗ)

Descendants

• Greek: ζωγραφιά f (zografiá, “illustration”)

References

• “ζωγρᾰφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζωγραφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζωγραφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • painting idem, page 589.

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōgrăphĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo.ɣɾaˈfi.a/
• Hyphenation: ζω‧γρα‧φί‧α

Noun

ζωγραφία • (zografía) f (plural ζωγραφίες)

1. Katharevousa pronunciation of ζωγραφιά (zografiá)

Declension

• as in the ancient ζωγραφία (zōgraphía)

Further reading

• Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (²1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. [1st edition 1930-1950 in 9 volumes] (abbreviations - of authors)