Ἀκαδημία

See also: ακαδημία and Ακαδημία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)

Etymology

Disputed. Often said to be from Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) (also Ἑκάδημος (Hekádēmos)), an Athenian hero and original estate-holder of the site + -ία (-ía). The name is also said to mean "silent district;" see ἀκή (akḗ, “silence”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “district”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ka.dɛː.mí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ka.de̝ˈmi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/

Proper noun

Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ • (Akadēmíā) f (genitive Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

The Academy, an Athenian gymnasium where Plato taught.

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ hē Akadēmíā
Genitive	τῆς Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς tês Akadēmíās
Dative	τῇ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾳ têi Akadēmíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱν tḕn Akadēmíān
Vocative	Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ Akadēmíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)

Descendants

Greek: Ακαδημία (Akadimía)
→ Latin: acadēmīa
- → Catalan: acadèmia
- → English: academia
- → French: académie
  - → Dutch: academie
    - → Indonesian: akademi
  - → English: academy
    - → Scottish Gaelic: acadamaidh
    - → Welsh: academi
  - → German: Akademie
  - → Romanian: academie
  - → Turkish: akademi
- → Galician: academia
- → Irish: acadamh
- → Italian: accademia
- → Lithuanian: akademija
- → Occitan: acadèmia
- → Portuguese: academia
- → Russian: академия (akademija)
- → Serbo-Croatian: akademija
- → Slovene: akademija
- → Spanish: academia
- → Ukrainian: академія (akademija)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “academy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.