φωνομαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φωνομᾰχέω (phōnomakhéō, “to dispute about words”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “word”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “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 • (phōnomakhíā) 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 phōnomakhíā	τὼ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ phōnomakhíā	αἱ φωνομᾰχῐ́αι hai phōnomakhíai
Genitive	τῆς φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês phōnomakhíās	τοῖν φωνομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn phōnomakhíain	τῶν φωνομᾰχῐῶν tôn phōnomakhiôn
Dative	τῇ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi phōnomakhíāi	τοῖν φωνομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn phōnomakhíain	ταῖς φωνομᾰχῐ́αις taîs phōnomakhíais
Accusative	τὴν φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn phōnomakhíān	τὼ φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ phōnomakhíā	τᾱ̀ς φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s phōnomakhíās
Vocative	φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ phōnomakhíā	φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ phōnomakhíā	φωνομᾰχῐ́αι phōnomakhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (dispute about words): λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (logomakhíā)

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