ἑρμηνεία

See also: ερμηνεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “interpret”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.něː.aː/ → /er.miˈni.a/ → /er.miˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.něː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)er.me̝ˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.miˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.miˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.miˈni.a/

Noun

ἑρμηνείᾱ • (hermēneíā) f (genitive ἑρμηνείᾱς); first declension

1. interpretation, explanation, hermeneutics
2. (music) expression
3. translation

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἑρμηνείᾱ; τῆς ἑρμηνείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑρμηνείᾱ hē hermēneíā	τὼ ἑρμηνείᾱ tṑ hermēneíā	αἱ ἑρμηνεῖαι hai hermēneîai
Genitive	τῆς ἑρμηνείᾱς tês hermēneíās	τοῖν ἑρμηνείαιν toîn hermēneíain	τῶν ἑρμηνειῶν tôn hermēneiôn
Dative	τῇ ἑρμηνείᾳ têi hermēneíāi	τοῖν ἑρμηνείαιν toîn hermēneíain	ταῖς ἑρμηνείαις taîs hermēneíais
Accusative	τὴν ἑρμηνείᾱν tḕn hermēneíān	τὼ ἑρμηνείᾱ tṑ hermēneíā	τᾱ̀ς ἑρμηνείᾱς tā̀s hermēneíās
Vocative	ἑρμηνείᾱ hermēneíā	ἑρμηνείᾱ hermēneíā	ἑρμηνεῖαι hermēneîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Coptic: ϩⲉⲣⲙⲏⲛⲉⲓⲁ (hermēneia)
• Greek: ερμηνεία (ermineía)

References

• “ἑρμηνεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑρμηνεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G2058 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • comment idem, page 147.
  • construction idem, page 165.
  • explanation idem, page 294.
  • illustration idem, page 416.
  • interpretation idem, page 452.
  • version idem, page 949.