ὀρθοδοξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.tʰo.dok.sí.aː/ → /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/ → /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.tʰo.dok.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /or.tʰo.dokˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.θo.ðokˈsi.a/

Noun

ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ • (orthodoxíā) f (genitive ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. right opinion

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ hē orthodoxíā	τὼ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ tṑ orthodoxíā	αἱ ὀρθοδοξῐ́αι hai orthodoxíai
Genitive	τῆς ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς tês orthodoxíās	τοῖν ὀρθοδοξῐ́αιν toîn orthodoxíain	τῶν ὀρθοδοξῐῶν tôn orthodoxiôn
Dative	τῇ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾳ têi orthodoxíāi	τοῖν ὀρθοδοξῐ́αιν toîn orthodoxíain	ταῖς ὀρθοδοξῐ́αις taîs orthodoxíais
Accusative	τὴν ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱν tḕn orthodoxíān	τὼ ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ tṑ orthodoxíā	τᾱ̀ς ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s orthodoxíās
Vocative	ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ orthodoxíā	ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ orthodoxíā	ὀρθοδοξῐ́αι orthodoxíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: orthodoxia
• → Italian: ortodossia

Further reading

• “ὀρθοδοξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀρθοδοξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette