ἀσχολία

See also: ασχολία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ σχολή (skholḗ) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.kʰo.lí.aː/ → /as.xoˈli.a/ → /as.xoˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.kʰo.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.kʰoˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.xoˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.xoˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.xoˈli.a/

Noun

ἀσχολίᾱ • (askholíā) f (genitive ἀσχολίᾱς); first declension

1. occupation, business, lack of leisure

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱ hē ăskholĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăskholĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓σχολῐ́αι hai ăskholĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱς tês ăskholĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓σχολῐ́αιν toîn ăskholĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓σχολῐῶν tôn ăskholĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾳ têi ăskholĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓σχολῐ́αιν toîn ăskholĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓σχολῐ́αις taîs ăskholĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăskholĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăskholĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăskholĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱ ăskholĭ́ā	ᾰ̓σχολῐ́ᾱ ăskholĭ́ā	ᾰ̓σχολῐ́αι ăskholĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ασχολία (ascholía)

Further reading

• ἀσχολία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσχολία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀσχολία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀσχολία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀσχολία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • avocation idem, page 55.
  • engagement idem, page 274.
  • occupation idem, page 568.
  • press idem, page 637.
  • time idem, page 875.
  • trade idem, page 885.