προσωποποιία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προσωποποιέω (prosōpopoiéō) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.sɔː.po.poi̯.í.aː/ → /pro.so.po.pyˈi.a/ → /pro.so.po.piˈi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.sɔː.po.poi̯.í.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.so.po.pyˈi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.so.po.pyˈi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.so.po.pyˈi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.so.po.piˈi.a/

Noun

προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ • (prosōpopoiĭ́ā) f (genitive προσωποποιῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters
2. change of grammatical person

Inflection

First declension of ἡ προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ; τῆς προσωποποιῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ hē prosōpopoiĭ́ā	τὼ προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ tṑ prosōpopoiĭ́ā	αἱ προσωποποιῐ́αι hai prosōpopoiĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς προσωποποιῐ́ᾱς tês prosōpopoiĭ́ās	τοῖν προσωποποιῐ́αιν toîn prosōpopoiĭ́ain	τῶν προσωποποιῐῶν tôn prosōpopoiĭôn
Dative	τῇ προσωποποιῐ́ᾳ têi prosōpopoiĭ́āi	τοῖν προσωποποιῐ́αιν toîn prosōpopoiĭ́ain	ταῖς προσωποποιῐ́αις taîs prosōpopoiĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν προσωποποιῐ́ᾱν tḕn prosōpopoiĭ́ān	τὼ προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ tṑ prosōpopoiĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς προσωποποιῐ́ᾱς tā̀s prosōpopoiĭ́ās
Vocative	προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ prosōpopoiĭ́ā	προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ prosōpopoiĭ́ā	προσωποποιῐ́αι prosōpopoiĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: prosopopoeia (learned)
• → French: prosopopée (learned)
• → Italian: prosopopea (learned)

Further reading

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