ἱστορία

See also: ιστορία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̔στορῐ́η (historíē) — Ionic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From ῐ̔στορέω (historéō, “I inquire”), 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 • (historíā) 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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ hē historíā	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ tṑ historíā	αἱ ῐ̔στορῐ́αι hai historíai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς tês historíās	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν toîn historíain	τῶν ῐ̔στορῐῶν tôn historiôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾳ têi historíāi	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν toîn historíain	ταῖς ῐ̔στορῐ́αις taîs historíais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱν tḕn historíān	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ tṑ historíā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς tā̀s historíās
Vocative	ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ historíā	ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ historíā	ῐ̔στορῐ́αι historíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• (adj.): ἱστορικός (historikós)

Descendants

• Arabic: أسطورة
• Belarusian: гісто́рыя (históryja)
• Bulgarian: исто́рия (istórija)
• Chuvash: истори (istori)
• Gagauz: istoriya
• Georgian: ისტორია (isṭoria)
• Greek: ιστορία (istoría)
• Hebrew: היסטוריה (história)
• Latin: historia (see there for further descendants)
• Macedonian: исто́рија (istórija)
• Ossetian: истори (istori)
• Pontic Greek: ιστορίαν (istorían)
• Russian: исто́рия (istórija)
• Carpathian Rusyn: істо́рія (istórija)
• Serbo-Croatian: hìstōrija
• Ukrainian: істо́рія (istórija)
• Yakut: история (istoriya)

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

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Greek

Noun

ἱστορία • (historía) f

1. Katharevousa form of ιστορία (istoría)