χρηστομάθεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρηστομᾰθέω (khrēstomăthéō, “be desirous for learning”), from χρηστός (khrēstós, “useful”) +‎ μανθάνω (manthánō, “learn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰrɛːs.to.má.tʰeː.a/ → /xris.toˈma.θi.a/ → /xris.toˈma.θi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰrɛːs.to.má.tʰeː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰre̝s.toˈma.tʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xris.toˈma.θi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xris.toˈma.θi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xris.toˈma.θi.a/

Noun

χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ • (khrēstomắtheiă) f (genitive χρηστομᾰθείᾱς); first declension

1. desire for learning
   • 213 CE – 273 CE, Cassius Longinus, Collected Works 44.1
2. a book containing a summary of useful knowledge or select passages, a vade mecum

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ; τῆς χρηστομᾰθείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ hē khrēstomắtheiă	τὼ χρηστομᾰθείᾱ tṑ khrēstomătheíā	αἱ χρηστομᾰ́θειαι hai khrēstomắtheiai
Genitive	τῆς χρηστομᾰθείᾱς tês khrēstomătheíās	τοῖν χρηστομᾰθείαιν toîn khrēstomătheíain	τῶν χρηστομᾰθειῶν tôn khrēstomătheiôn
Dative	τῇ χρηστομᾰθείᾳ têi khrēstomătheíāi	τοῖν χρηστομᾰθείαιν toîn khrēstomătheíain	ταῖς χρηστομᾰθείαις taîs khrēstomătheíais
Accusative	τὴν χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰν tḕn khrēstomắtheiăn	τὼ χρηστομᾰθείᾱ tṑ khrēstomătheíā	τᾱ̀ς χρηστομᾰθείᾱς tā̀s khrēstomătheíās
Vocative	χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ khrēstomắtheiă	χρηστομᾰθείᾱ khrēstomătheíā	χρηστομᾰ́θειαι khrēstomắtheiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (desire for learning): μᾰ́θησῐς (mắthēsĭs)

Descendants

• → Latin: chrēstomathia
• → English: chrestomathy
• → Finnish: krestomatia
• → French: chrestomathie
• → Russian: хрестоматия (xrestomatija)
• → Swedish: krestomati
• → Polish: chrestomatia

Further reading

• “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