ἱστορία

See also: ιστορία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̔στορῐ́η (hĭstorĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō, “to inquire”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “one who knows, wise one”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /his.to.rí.aː/ → /is.toˈri.a/ → /is.toˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /his.to.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)is.toˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.toˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.toˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.toˈri.a/

Noun

ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ • (hĭstorĭ́ā) f (genitive ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. inquiry, examination, systematic observation, science
2. body of knowledge obtained by systematic inquiry
3. written account of such inquiries, narrative, history

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ hē hĭstorĭ́ā	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ tṑ hĭstorĭ́ā	αἱ ῐ̔στορῐ́αι hai hĭstorĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς tês hĭstorĭ́ās	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν toîn hĭstorĭ́ain	τῶν ῐ̔στορῐῶν tôn hĭstorĭôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾳ tēî hĭstorĭ́āi	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν toîn hĭstorĭ́ain	ταῖς ῐ̔στορῐ́αις taîs hĭstorĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱν tḕn hĭstorĭ́ān	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ tṑ hĭstorĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hĭstorĭ́ās
Vocative	ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ hĭstorĭ́ā	ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ hĭstorĭ́ā	ῐ̔στορῐ́αι hĭstorĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῐ̔στορῐᾰγρᾰ́φος (hĭstorĭăgrắphos)
• ῐ̔στορῐκόν (hĭstorĭkón)
• ῐ̔στορῐκός (hĭstorĭkós)
• ῐ̔στορῐκῶς (hĭstorĭkôs)
• ῐ̔στορῐογρᾰφέω (hĭstorĭogrăphéō)
• ῐ̔στορῐογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭogrăphĭ́ā)
• ῐ̔στορῐογρᾰφῐκός (hĭstorĭogrăphĭkós)
• ῐ̔στορῐογρᾰ́φος (hĭstorĭogrắphos)
• ῐ̔στορῐογρᾰφῶ (hĭstorĭogrăphô)
• ῐ̔στορῐοποιός (hĭstorĭopoiós)
• ῐ̔στορῐοσῠγγρᾰφεύς (hĭstorĭosŭngrăpheús)
• ῐ̔στόρῐσμᾰ (hĭstórĭsmă)
• ῐ̔στορῐώδης (hĭstorĭṓdēs)
• μῡθῐστορῐ́ᾱ (mūthĭstorĭ́ā)
• πᾰρῐστορῐ́ᾱ (părĭstorĭ́ā)

Descendants

• Greek: ιστορία (istoría)
• Pontic Greek: ιστορίαν (istorían)

Borrowings

• → Arabic: أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra) (phono-semantic matching)
• → Belarusian: гісто́рыя (históryja)
• → Bulgarian: исто́рия (istórija)
• → Chuvash: истори (istori)
• → Gagauz: istoriya
• → Georgian: ისტორია (isṭoria)
• → Hebrew: הִיסְטוֹרְיָה (história)
• → Latin: historia (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: исто́рија (istórija)
• → Ossetian: истори (istori)
• → Russian: исто́рия (istórija)
  • → Yakut: история (istoriya)
• → Carpathian Rusyn: істо́рія (istórija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: hìstōrija
• → Ukrainian: істо́рія (istórija)

References

• “ἱστορία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἱστορία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἱστορία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

ἱστορία • (istoría) f

1. Katharevousa form of ιστορία (istoría)