Ἀκαδημία

See also: ακαδημία and Ακαδημία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)

Etymology

Disputed. Often said to be from Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) (also Ἑκάδημος (Hekádēmos)), an Athenian hero and original estate-holder of the site + -ία (-ía). The name is also said to mean "silent district;" see ἀκή (akḗ, “silence”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “district”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.dɛː.mí.aː/ → /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/ → /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ka.dɛː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ka.de̝ˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/

Proper noun

Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ • (Akadēmíā) f (genitive Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. The Academy, an Athenian gymnasium where Plato taught.

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ hē Akadēmíā
Genitive	τῆς Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς tês Akadēmíās
Dative	τῇ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾳ têi Akadēmíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱν tḕn Akadēmíān
Vocative	Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ Akadēmíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Ακαδημία (Akadimía)
• → Latin: acadēmīa
  • → Catalan: acadèmia
  • → English: academia
  • → French: académie
    • → Dutch: academie
      • → Indonesian: akademi
    • → English: academy
      • → Scottish Gaelic: acadamaidh
      • → Welsh: academi
    • → German: Akademie
    • → Romanian: academie
    • → Turkish: akademi
  • → Galician: academia
  • → Irish: acadamh
  • → Italian: accademia
  • → Lithuanian: akademija
  • → Occitan: acadèmia
  • → Portuguese: academia
  • → Russian: академия (akademija)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: akademija
  • → Slovene: akademija
  • → Spanish: academia
  • → Ukrainian: академія (akademija)

See also

• Λύκειον (Lúkeion)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “academy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• “Ἀκαδήμεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press