ἱστορία

See also ιστορία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱστορίη (Ionic)

Etymology

From ἱστορέω (historéō, “I inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “witness”), from Proto-Indo-European *widtōr (“the one that knows”), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-/ *woyd-/ *wid- (“to know, see”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [historíaː]
• (Koine): IPA: [histo̞rˈiaː]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [istorˈia]

Noun

ἱστορία (genitive ἱστορίας) f, first declension; (historiā)

1. inquiry, examination, systematic observation, science
2. body of knowledge obtained by systematic inquiry
3. written account of such inquiries, narrative, history

Inflection

First declension of ἱστορίᾱ, ἱστορίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἱστορίᾱ	τώ ἱστορίᾱ	αἱ ἱστορίαι
Genitive	τῆς ἱστορίᾱς	τοῖν ἱστορίαιν	τῶν ἱστοριῶν
Dative	τῇ ἱστορίᾳ	τοῖν ἱστορίαιν	ταῖς ἱστορίαις
Accusative	τήν ἱστορίᾱν	τώ ἱστορίᾱ	τάς ἱστορίᾱς
Vocative	ἱστορίᾱ	ἱστορίᾱ	ἱστορίαι

Descendants

• Russian: история (istórija) f.

References

• ἱστορία in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940

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Greek

Alternative forms

• ιστορία

Noun

ἱστορία (historía) f.

1. history