φωνομαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φωνομᾰχέω (phōnomăkhéō, “to dispute about words”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “word”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle”) +‎ -έω (-éō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.no.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /ɸo.no.maˈçi.a/ → /fo.no.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.no.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰo.no.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸo.no.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fo.no.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fo.no.maˈçi.a/

Noun

φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (phōnomăkhĭ́ā) f (genitive φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a dispute about words

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē phōnomăkhĭ́ā	τὼ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ phōnomăkhĭ́ā	αἱ φωνομᾰχῐ́αι hai phōnomăkhĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês phōnomăkhĭ́ās	τοῖν φωνομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn phōnomăkhĭ́ain	τῶν φωνομᾰχῐῶν tôn phōnomăkhĭôn
Dative	τῇ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi phōnomăkhĭ́āi	τοῖν φωνομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn phōnomăkhĭ́ain	ταῖς φωνομᾰχῐ́αις taîs phōnomăkhĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn phōnomăkhĭ́ān	τὼ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ phōnomăkhĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s phōnomăkhĭ́ās
Vocative	φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ phōnomăkhĭ́ā	φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ phōnomăkhĭ́ā	φωνομᾰχῐ́αι phōnomăkhĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (dispute about words): λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (logomăkhĭ́ā)

References

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