πανεπιστήμιο

Greek

Alternative forms

• πανεπιστήμιον (panepistímion) (Katharevousa)

Etymology

From παν- (pan-, “everything”) +‎ επιστήμη (epistími, “science”), a calque of Medieval Latin universitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa.ne.piˈsti.mi.o]

Noun

πανεπιστήμιο • (panepistímio) n (plural πανεπιστήμια)

1. (education) university

   Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας ― Panepistímio Thessalías ― University of Thessaly

Declension

Declension of πανεπιστήμιο

	singular	plural
nominative	πανεπιστήμιο •	πανεπιστήμια •
genitive	πανεπιστημίου •,  πανεπιστήμιου •	πανεπιστημίων •
accusative	πανεπιστήμιο •	πανεπιστήμια •
vocative	πανεπιστήμιο •	πανεπιστήμια •

Related terms

• πανεπιστημιούπολη f (panepistimioúpoli, “university campus”)
• πανεπιστημιακός (panepistimiakós, “university, of a university”, adj)
• πανεπιστήμων (panepistímon, “gifted in all the sciences”, adj)

Further reading

• “πανεπιστήμιο”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998