ἠθολογία

See also: ηθολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting manners by mimic gesture”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from ἦθος (êthos, “character”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “account”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰo.lo.ɡí.aː/ → /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/ → /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰo.lo.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.tʰo.loˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/

Noun

ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ • (ēthologĭ́ā) f (genitive ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a painting of character, especially by mimic gestures
   • Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 95.66
   • 200 CE – 300 CE, Aristides Quintilianus, On Music 1.9.3

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ hē ēthologĭ́ā	τὼ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ ēthologĭ́ā	αἱ ἠθολογῐ́αι hai ēthologĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς tês ēthologĭ́ās	τοῖν ἠθολογῐ́αιν toîn ēthologĭ́ain	τῶν ἠθολογῐῶν tôn ēthologĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἠθολογῐ́ᾳ têi ēthologĭ́āi	τοῖν ἠθολογῐ́αιν toîn ēthologĭ́ain	ταῖς ἠθολογῐ́αις taîs ēthologĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἠθολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn ēthologĭ́ān	τὼ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ ēthologĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ēthologĭ́ās
Vocative	ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ ēthologĭ́ā	ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ ēthologĭ́ā	ἠθολογῐ́αι ēthologĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: ēthologia

References

• “ἠθολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἠθολογία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette