εὐφυΐα

See also: ευφυΐα

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 11 March 2016

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ φῠ́ω (phúō, “to grow”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰy.í.aː/ → /eɸ.ɸyˈi.a/ → /ef.fiˈi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰy.í.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.pʰyˈi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.ɸyˈi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.fyˈi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.fiˈi.a/

Noun

εὐφῠΐᾱ • (euphuḯā) f (genitive εὐφῠΐᾱς); first declension

1. natural goodness of growth or shape, shapeliness
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Surgery 742
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Solon 1
2. good natural parts, natural cleverness, genius, goodness
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Definitions 413D
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 3.7.17
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1.6.15
   1. (of places) fertility, favorable situation
      • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 1.2.3, (compare Polybius, The Histories 2.68.5)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐφῠΐᾱ; τῆς εὐφῠΐᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐφῠΐᾱ hē euphuḯā	τὼ εὐφῠΐᾱ tṑ euphuḯā	αἱ εὐφῠΐαι hai euphuḯai
Genitive	τῆς εὐφῠΐᾱς tês euphuḯās	τοῖν εὐφῠΐαιν toîn euphuḯain	τῶν εὐφῠϊῶν tôn euphuïôn
Dative	τῇ εὐφῠΐᾳ têi euphuḯāi	τοῖν εὐφῠΐαιν toîn euphuḯain	ταῖς εὐφῠΐαις taîs euphuḯais
Accusative	τὴν εὐφῠΐᾱν tḕn euphuḯān	τὼ εὐφῠΐᾱ tṑ euphuḯā	τᾱ̀ς εὐφῠΐᾱς tā̀s euphuḯās
Vocative	εὐφῠΐᾱ euphuḯā	εὐφῠΐᾱ euphuḯā	εὐφῠΐαι euphuḯai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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