τοπογραφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τοπογράφος (topográphos, “describing a place or country”) +‎ -ία (-ía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I describe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.po.ɡra.pʰí.aː/ → /to.po.ɣraˈɸi.a/ → /to.po.ɣraˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.po.ɡra.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /to.po.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /to.po.ɣraˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /to.po.ɣraˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /to.po.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (topogrăphĭ́ā) f (genitive τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. description of a place or country

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē topogrăphĭ́ā	τὼ τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ topogrăphĭ́ā	αἱ τοπογρᾰφῐ́αι hai topogrăphĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês topogrăphĭ́ās	τοῖν τοπογρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn topogrăphĭ́ain	τῶν τοπογρᾰφῐῶν tôn topogrăphĭôn
Dative	τῇ τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾳ têi topogrăphĭ́āi	τοῖν τοπογρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn topogrăphĭ́ain	ταῖς τοπογρᾰφῐ́αις taîs topogrăphĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn topogrăphĭ́ān	τὼ τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ topogrăphĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s topogrăphĭ́ās
Vocative	τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ topogrăphĭ́ā	τοπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ topogrăphĭ́ā	τοπογρᾰφῐ́αι topogrăphĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• τοπογραφέω (topographéō)

Descendants

• → French: topographie
• → Russian: топогра́фия f (topográfija)

Further reading

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