λογομαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λογομᾰχέω (logomakhéō, “to fight about words”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from λόγος (lógos, “word”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “battle”) +‎ -έω (-éō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lo.ɡo.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/ → /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lo.ɡo.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lo.ɡo.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/

Noun

λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (logomakhíā) f (genitive λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a fight about words

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē logomakhíā	τὼ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ logomakhíā	αἱ λογομᾰχῐ́αι hai logomakhíai
Genitive	τῆς λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês logomakhíās	τοῖν λογομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn logomakhíain	τῶν λογομᾰχῐῶν tôn logomakhiôn
Dative	τῇ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi logomakhíāi	τοῖν λογομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn logomakhíain	ταῖς λογομᾰχῐ́αις taîs logomakhíais
Accusative	τὴν λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn logomakhíān	τὼ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ logomakhíā	τᾱ̀ς λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s logomakhíās
Vocative	λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ logomakhíā	λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ logomakhíā	λογομᾰχῐ́αι logomakhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (dispute about words): φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (phōnomakhíā)

Descendants

• → Latin: logomachia
  • → English: logomachy
  • → Italian: logomachia
  • → Polish: logomachia
• → Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰 (waurdajiuka) (calque)

References

• “λογομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λογομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λογομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3055 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible