ὀρθοδοξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.tʰo.dok.sí.aː/ → /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/ → /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.tʰo.dok.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /or.tʰo.dokˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/

Noun

ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ • (orthodoxĭ́ā) f (genitive ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. right opinion

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ hē orthodoxĭ́ā	τὼ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ tṑ orthodoxĭ́ā	αἱ ὀρθοδοξῐ́αι hai orthodoxĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς tês orthodoxĭ́ās	τοῖν ὀρθοδοξῐ́αιν toîn orthodoxĭ́ain	τῶν ὀρθοδοξῐῶν tôn orthodoxĭôn
Dative	τῇ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾳ têi orthodoxĭ́āi	τοῖν ὀρθοδοξῐ́αιν toîn orthodoxĭ́ain	ταῖς ὀρθοδοξῐ́αις taîs orthodoxĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱν tḕn orthodoxĭ́ān	τὼ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ tṑ orthodoxĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s orthodoxĭ́ās
Vocative	ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ orthodoxĭ́ā	ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ orthodoxĭ́ā	ὀρθοδοξῐ́αι orthodoxĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: orthodoxia
• → Italian: ortodossia

Further reading

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