εμμονή

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμμονή (emmonḗ, “abidance, continuance”), with adaptation of meaning to εμμένω (emméno).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.moˈni/
  • Hyphenation: εμ‧μο‧νή

Noun

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εμμονή • (emmoní) f (plural εμμονές)

  1. adherence (faithful support for some cause)
  2. persistence, adamance
  3. fixation, obsession

Declension

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Declension of εμμονή
singular plural
nominative εμμονή • εμμονές •
genitive εμμονής • εμμονών •
accusative εμμονή • εμμονές •
vocative εμμονή • εμμονές •
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References

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  1. ^ εμμονή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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