ζωγραφική

See also: ζῳγραφική

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζῳγρᾰφῐκή (zōigraphikḗ)

Etymology

From ζωγρᾰφῐκός (zōgraphikós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for ἡ ζωγρᾰφῐκὴ τέχνη (hē zōgraphikḕ tékhnē, “the painting craft”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.Zography means literally the writing of life.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɡra.pʰi.kɛ̌ː/ → /zo.ɣra.ɸiˈci/ → /zo.ɣra.fiˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɡra.pʰi.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zo.ɡra.pʰiˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣra.ɸiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣra.fiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣra.fiˈci/

Noun

ζωγρᾰφῐκή • (zōgraphikḗ) f (genitive ζωγρᾰφῐκῆς); first declension

1. the art of painting

Declension

First declension of ἡ ζωγρᾰφῐκή; τῆς ζωγρᾰφῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζωγρᾰφῐκή hē zōgraphikḗ	τὼ ζωγρᾰφῐκᾱ́ tṑ zōgraphikā́	αἱ ζωγρᾰφῐκαί hai zōgraphikaí
Genitive	τῆς ζωγρᾰφῐκῆς tês zōgraphikês	τοῖν ζωγρᾰφῐκαῖν toîn zōgraphikaîn	τῶν ζωγρᾰφῐκῶν tôn zōgraphikôn
Dative	τῇ ζωγρᾰφῐκῇ têi zōgraphikêi	τοῖν ζωγρᾰφῐκαῖν toîn zōgraphikaîn	ταῖς ζωγρᾰφῐκαῖς taîs zōgraphikaîs
Accusative	τὴν ζωγρᾰφῐκήν tḕn zōgraphikḗn	τὼ ζωγρᾰφῐκᾱ́ tṑ zōgraphikā́	τᾱ̀ς ζωγρᾰφῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s zōgraphikā́s
Vocative	ζωγρᾰφῐκή zōgraphikḗ	ζωγρᾰφῐκᾱ́ zōgraphikā́	ζωγρᾰφῐκαί zōgraphikaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (art of painting): ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōgraphíā)

Descendants

• Greek: ζωγραφική (zografikí)

Adjective

ζωγρᾰφῐκή • (zōgraphikḗ)

1. nominative singular feminine of ζωγρᾰφῐκός (zōgraphikós)
2. vocative singular feminine of ζωγρᾰφῐκός (zōgraphikós)

References

• “ζωγρᾰφική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωγραφική (zōgraphikḗ).

Noun

ζωγραφική • (zografikí) f (plural ζωγραφικές)

1. (art) painting (the production of an artwork)
2. painting style

Declension

Declension of ζωγραφική

	singular	plural
nominative	ζωγραφική (zografikí)	ζωγραφικές (zografikés)
genitive	ζωγραφικής (zografikís)	ζωγραφικών (zografikón)
accusative	ζωγραφική (zografikí)	ζωγραφικές (zografikés)
vocative	ζωγραφική (zografikí)	ζωγραφικές (zografikés)

Related terms

• ζωγραφίζω (zografízo, “to paint”)
• ζωγραφικός (zografikós, “pictoral”)
• ζωγραφός m or f (zografós, “painter”)

Further reading

• ζωγραφική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el