καλαμογραφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”) +‎ γράφω (gráphō, “to write”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.ɡra.pʰí.aː/ → /ka.la.mo.ɣraˈɸi.a/ → /ka.la.mo.ɣraˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.ɡra.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.ɣraˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.ɣraˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (kalamographíā) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. writing with a reed or pen

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē kalamographíā	τὼ κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ kalamographíā	αἱ κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́αι hai kalamographíai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês kalamographíās	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn kalamographíain	τῶν κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐῶν tôn kalamographiôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾳ têi kalamographíāi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn kalamographíain	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́αις taîs kalamographíais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn kalamographíān	τὼ κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ kalamographíā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kalamographíās
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ kalamographíā	κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ kalamographíā	κᾰλᾰμογρᾰφῐ́αι kalamographíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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