πανεπιστήμιο
Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- πανεπιστήμιον (panepistímion) (Katharevousa)
Etymology
[edit]From παν- (pan-, “everything”) + επιστήμη (epistími, “science”) + -ιο (-io, diminutive suffix) with influence from πανεπιστήμων (panepistímon, “all-knowing, omniscient, gifted in all sciences”), a calque of Medieval Latin universitas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]πανεπιστήμιο • (panepistímio) n (plural πανεπιστήμια)
- (education) university
- Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας ― Panepistímio Thessalías ― University of Thessaly
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πανεπιστήμιο (panepistímio) | πανεπιστήμια (panepistímia) |
| genitive | πανεπιστημίου (panepistimíou) πανεπιστήμιου (panepistímiou) |
πανεπιστημίων (panepistimíon) |
| accusative | πανεπιστήμιο (panepistímio) | πανεπιστήμια (panepistímia) |
| vocative | πανεπιστήμιο (panepistímio) | πανεπιστήμια (panepistímia) |
Related terms
[edit]- πανεπιστημιούπολη f (panepistimioúpoli, “university campus”)
- πανεπιστημιακός (panepistimiakós, “university, of a university”, adjective)
- πανεπιστήμων (panepistímon, “gifted in all the sciences”, adjective)
Descendants
[edit]- → Serbo-Croatian: sveučilište (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- πανεπιστήμιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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