κακοφωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰκόφωνος (kakóphōnos, “ill-sounding, producing disagreeable sounds”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), that from κακο- (kako-, “bad”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ko.pʰɔː.ní.aː/ → /ka.ko.ɸoˈni.a/ → /ka.ko.foˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ko.pʰɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.ko.pʰoˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.ko.ɸoˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.ko.foˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.ko.foˈni.a/

Noun

κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ • (kakophōníā) f (genitive κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. an ill-sound, cacophony

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ hē kakophōníā	τὼ κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kakophōníā	αἱ κᾰκοφωνῐ́αι hai kakophōníai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱς tês kakophōníās	τοῖν κᾰκοφωνῐ́αιν toîn kakophōníain	τῶν κᾰκοφωνῐῶν tôn kakophōniôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾳ têi kakophōníāi	τοῖν κᾰκοφωνῐ́αιν toîn kakophōníain	ταῖς κᾰκοφωνῐ́αις taîs kakophōníais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn kakophōníān	τὼ κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ kakophōníā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kakophōníās
Vocative	κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ kakophōníā	κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ kakophōníā	κᾰκοφωνῐ́αι kakophōníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• εὐφωνῐ́ᾱ (euphōníā, “euphony”)

Descendants

• Russian: какофо́ния f (kakofónija)

References

• “κακοφωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κακοφωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette