ἰδιοσυγκρασία

See also: ιδιοσυγκρασία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̓δῐοσῠ́γκρᾱσῐς (ĭdĭosŭ́nkrāsĭs)
• ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρῐσῐ́ᾱ (ĭdĭosŭnkrĭsĭ́ā)

Etymology

From ῐ̓́δῐος (ĭ́dĭos, “peculiar”) +‎ σῠν- (sŭn-, “with”) +‎ κρᾶσῐς (krâsĭs, “mixture”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.di.o.syŋ.kraː.sí.aː/ → /i.ði.o.syŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/ → /i.ði.o.siŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.di.o.syŋ.kraː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.di.o.syŋ.kraˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ði.o.syŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ði.o.syŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ði.o.siŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/

Noun

ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ • (ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ā) f (genitive ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. peculiar temperament or habit, idiosyncrasy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ hē ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ā	τὼ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ tṑ ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ā	αἱ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αι hai ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς tês ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ās	τοῖν ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αιν toîn ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ain	τῶν ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐῶν tôn ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾳ têi ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́āi	τοῖν ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αιν toîn ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ain	ταῖς ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αις taîs ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱν tḕn ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ān	τὼ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ tṑ ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ās
Vocative	ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ā	ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ā	ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αι ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Catalan: idiosincràsia (learned)
• → English: idiosyncrasy (learned)
• → French: idiosyncrasie (learned)

References

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