διχοτομία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διχότομος (dikhótomos, “cut in two”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kʰo.to.mí.aː/ → /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/ → /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kʰo.to.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.kʰo.toˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/

Noun

δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ • (dikhotomíā) f (genitive δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (of the moon's quarter) dividing in two
2. bisection, point of bisection
3. point of division between wings of army
4. (logic) division in two parts, dichotomy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ hē dikhotomíā	τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ tṑ dikhotomíā	αἱ δῐχοτομῐ́αι hai dikhotomíai
Genitive	τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς tês dikhotomíās	τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν toîn dikhotomíain	τῶν δῐχοτομῐῶν tôn dikhotomiôn
Dative	τῇ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾳ têi dikhotomíāi	τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν toîn dikhotomíain	ταῖς δῐχοτομῐ́αις taîs dikhotomíais
Accusative	τὴν δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱν tḕn dikhotomíān	τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ tṑ dikhotomíā	τᾱ̀ς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς tā̀s dikhotomíās
Vocative	δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ dikhotomíā	δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ dikhotomíā	δῐχοτομῐ́αι dikhotomíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: dichotomy
• → German: Dichotomie
• → Italian: dicotomia
• → Spanish: dicotomía

Further reading

• “διχοτομία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διχοτομία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διχοτομία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)