διακοπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δια- (dia-) +‎ κοπή (kopḗ)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.a.ko.pɛ̌ː/ → /ði.a.koˈpi/ → /ði.a.koˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.a.ko.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.a.koˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.koˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.koˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.a.koˈpi/

Noun

δῐᾰκοπή • (dĭăkopḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰκοπῆς); first declension

1. gash, cleft

Declension

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰκοπή; τῆς δῐᾰκοπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰκοπή hē dĭăkopḗ	τὼ δῐᾰκοπᾱ́ tṑ dĭăkopā́	αἱ δῐᾰκοπαί hai dĭăkopaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰκοπῆς tês dĭăkopês	τοῖν δῐᾰκοπαῖν toîn dĭăkopaîn	τῶν δῐᾰκοπῶν tôn dĭăkopôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰκοπῇ tēî dĭăkopēî	τοῖν δῐᾰκοπαῖν toîn dĭăkopaîn	ταῖς δῐᾰκοπαῖς taîs dĭăkopaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰκοπήν tḕn dĭăkopḗn	τὼ δῐᾰκοπᾱ́ tṑ dĭăkopā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰκοπᾱ́ς tā̀s dĭăkopā́s
Vocative	δῐᾰκοπή dĭăkopḗ	δῐᾰκοπᾱ́ dĭăkopā́	δῐᾰκοπαί dĭăkopaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διακοπή (diakopí)
• → English: diacope
• → Portuguese: diácope

Further reading

• διακοπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διακοπή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• διακοπή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “διακοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διακοπή in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek διακοπή (diakopḗ); see διακόπτω (diakópto, “to interrupt, break off”) for more.

Noun

διακοπή • (diakopí) f (plural διακοπές)

1. stoppage, break, disruption, interruption, shutdown
2. break, adjournment
3. (in the plural) holidays
4. (computing) interrupt

Declension

Declension of διακοπή

	singular	plural
nominative	διακοπή (diakopí)	διακοπές (diakopés)
genitive	διακοπής (diakopís)	διακοπών (diakopón)
accusative	διακοπή (diakopí)	διακοπές (diakopés)
vocative	διακοπή (diakopí)	διακοπές (diakopés)

Related terms

• διακόπτω (diakópto, “interrupt”)
• κοπή f (kopí, “cutting”)

See also

• γιορτή n (giortí, “festival, holy day”)