ὀνοματοποιία

See also: ονοματοποιία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós, “coiner of names”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.no.ma.to.poi̯.í.aː/ → /o.no.ma.to.pyˈi.a/ → /o.no.ma.to.piˈi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.no.ma.to.poi̯.í.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.no.ma.to.pyˈi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.no.ma.to.pyˈi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.no.ma.to.pyˈi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.no.ma.to.piˈi.a/

Noun

ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ • (onomătopoiĭ́ā) f (genitive ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Onomatopoeia; the creation of a word, especially the creation of a word in imitation of a sound.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ hē onomătopoiĭ́ā	τὼ ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ tṑ onomătopoiĭ́ā	αἱ ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́αι hai onomătopoiĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱς tês onomătopoiĭ́ās	τοῖν ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́αιν toîn onomătopoiĭ́ain	τῶν ὀνομᾰτοποιῐῶν tôn onomătopoiĭôn
Dative	τῇ ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾳ têi onomătopoiĭ́āi	τοῖν ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́αιν toîn onomătopoiĭ́ain	ταῖς ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́αις taîs onomătopoiĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱν tḕn onomătopoiĭ́ān	τὼ ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ tṑ onomătopoiĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱς tā̀s onomătopoiĭ́ās
Vocative	ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ onomătopoiĭ́ā	ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ onomătopoiĭ́ā	ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́αι onomătopoiĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoiéō)

Descendants

• Greek: ονοματοποιία (onomatopoiía)
• Latin: onomatopoeïa
  • → English: onomatopoeia
  • → French: onomatopée
  • → Italian: onomatopea
  • → Portuguese: onomatopeia
  • → Spanish: onomatopeya
    • → Tagalog: onomatopeya

References

• “ὀνοματοποιία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀνοματοποιία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Wilhelm Pape (1807–1854): Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache