ἀχρηματία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ χρῆμα (khrêma) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰrɛː.ma.tí.aː/ → /a.xri.maˈti.a/ → /a.xri.maˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰrɛː.ma.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰre̝.maˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.xri.maˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.xri.maˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.xri.maˈti.a/

Noun

ἀχρημᾰτίᾱ • (akhrēmătíā) f (genitive ἀχρημᾰτίᾱς); first declension

1. moneylessness, poverty

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀχρημᾰτίᾱ; τῆς ἀχρημᾰτίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ἀχρημᾰτίᾱ hē akhrēmătíā
Genitive	τῆς ἀχρημᾰτίᾱς tês akhrēmătíās
Dative	τῇ ἀχρημᾰτίᾳ têi akhrēmătíāi
Accusative	τὴν ἀχρημᾰτίᾱν tḕn akhrēmătíān
Vocative	ἀχρημᾰτίᾱ akhrēmătíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἀχρηματία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀχρηματία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀχρηματία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • poverty idem, page 630.