εἰκονογραφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰκονογράφος (eikonográphos, “portrait painter”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.ko.no.ɡra.pʰí.aː/ → /i.ko.no.ɣraˈɸi.a/ → /i.ko.no.ɣraˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.ko.no.ɡra.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.ɣraˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.ɣraˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (eikonographíā) f (genitive εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. sketch, description

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē eikonographíā	τὼ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ eikonographíā	αἱ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αι hai eikonographíai
Genitive	τῆς εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês eikonographíās	τοῖν εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn eikonographíain	τῶν εἰκονογρᾰφῐῶν tôn eikonographiôn
Dative	τῇ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾳ têi eikonographíāi	τοῖν εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn eikonographíain	ταῖς εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αις taîs eikonographíais
Accusative	τὴν εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn eikonographíān	τὼ εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ eikonographíā	τᾱ̀ς εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eikonographíās
Vocative	εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ eikonographíā	εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ eikonographíā	εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́αι eikonographíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: iconography
• → Italian: iconografia

Further reading

• “εἰκονογραφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εἰκονογραφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰκονογραφία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)