χρηστομάθεια
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From χρηστομᾰθέω (khrēstomathéō, “be desirous for learning”), from χρηστός (khrēstós, “useful”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “learn”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰrɛːs.to.má.tʰeː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰre̝s.toˈma.tʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xris.toˈma.θi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xris.toˈma.θi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xris.toˈma.θi.a/
Noun
[edit]χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ • (khrēstomátheia) f (genitive χρηστομᾰθείᾱς); first declension
- desire for learning
- a book containing a summary of useful knowledge or select passages, a vade mecum
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ hē khrēstomátheia |
τὼ χρηστομᾰθείᾱ tṑ khrēstomatheíā |
αἱ χρηστομᾰ́θειαι hai khrēstomátheiai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χρηστομᾰθείᾱς tês khrēstomatheíās |
τοῖν χρηστομᾰθείαιν toîn khrēstomatheíain |
τῶν χρηστομᾰθειῶν tôn khrēstomatheiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χρηστομᾰθείᾳ têi khrēstomatheíāi |
τοῖν χρηστομᾰθείαιν toîn khrēstomatheíain |
ταῖς χρηστομᾰθείαις taîs khrēstomatheíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰν tḕn khrēstomátheian |
τὼ χρηστομᾰθείᾱ tṑ khrēstomatheíā |
τᾱ̀ς χρηστομᾰθείᾱς tā̀s khrēstomatheíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ khrēstomátheia |
χρηστομᾰθείᾱ khrēstomatheíā |
χρηστομᾰ́θειαι khrēstomátheiai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
[edit]- (desire for learning): μᾰ́θησῐς (máthēsis)
Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: chrēstomathia
- → English: chrestomathy
- → Finnish: krestomatia
- → French: chrestomathie
- → Russian: хрестоматия (xrestomatija)
- → Swedish: krestomati
- → Polish: chrestomatia
Further reading
[edit]- “χρηστομάθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χρηστομάθεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette