προσωποποιία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προσωποποιέω (prosōpopoiéō) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.sɔː.po.poi̯.í.aː/ → /pro.so.po.pyˈi.a/ → /pro.so.po.piˈi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.sɔː.po.poi̯.í.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.so.po.pyˈi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.so.po.pyˈi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.so.po.pyˈi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.so.po.piˈi.a/

Noun

προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ • (prosōpopoiíā) f (genitive προσωποποιῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters
2. change of grammatical person

Inflection

First declension of ἡ προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ; τῆς προσωποποιῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ hē prosōpopoiíā	τὼ προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ tṑ prosōpopoiíā	αἱ προσωποποιῐ́αι hai prosōpopoiíai
Genitive	τῆς προσωποποιῐ́ᾱς tês prosōpopoiíās	τοῖν προσωποποιῐ́αιν toîn prosōpopoiíain	τῶν προσωποποιῐῶν tôn prosōpopoiiôn
Dative	τῇ προσωποποιῐ́ᾳ têi prosōpopoiíāi	τοῖν προσωποποιῐ́αιν toîn prosōpopoiíain	ταῖς προσωποποιῐ́αις taîs prosōpopoiíais
Accusative	τὴν προσωποποιῐ́ᾱν tḕn prosōpopoiíān	τὼ προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ tṑ prosōpopoiíā	τᾱ̀ς προσωποποιῐ́ᾱς tā̀s prosōpopoiíās
Vocative	προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ prosōpopoiíā	προσωποποιῐ́ᾱ prosōpopoiíā	προσωποποιῐ́αι prosōpopoiíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: prosopopoeia (learned)
• → French: prosopopée (learned)
• → Italian: prosopopea (learned)

Further reading

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