πολυγαμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ́γᾰμος (polŭ́gămos, “married to many”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ γᾰ́μος (gắmos, “marriage”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly.ɡa.mí.aː/ → /po.ly.ɣaˈmi.a/ → /po.li.ɣaˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.ɡa.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.ly.ɡaˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.ly.ɣaˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.ly.ɣaˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.li.ɣaˈmi.a/

Noun

πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ • (polŭgămĭ́ā) f (genitive πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. polygamy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ hē polŭgămĭ́ā	τὼ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ tṑ polŭgămĭ́ā	αἱ πολῠγᾰμῐ́αι hai polŭgămĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς tês polŭgămĭ́ās	τοῖν πολῠγᾰμῐ́αιν toîn polŭgămĭ́ain	τῶν πολῠγᾰμῐῶν tôn polŭgămĭôn
Dative	τῇ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾳ têi polŭgămĭ́āi	τοῖν πολῠγᾰμῐ́αιν toîn polŭgămĭ́ain	ταῖς πολῠγᾰμῐ́αις taîs polŭgămĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱν tḕn polŭgămĭ́ān	τὼ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ tṑ polŭgămĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s polŭgămĭ́ās
Vocative	πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ polŭgămĭ́ā	πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ polŭgămĭ́ā	πολῠγᾰμῐ́αι polŭgămĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: polygamy
• → French: polygamie

Further reading

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