ζωγραφία

See also: ζωγραφίᾳ, ζῳγραφία, and ζῳγραφίᾳ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζῳγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōigraphíā)

Etymology

ζωγρᾰ́φος (zōgráphos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɡra.pʰí.aː/ → /zo.ɣraˈɸi.a/ → /zo.ɣraˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɡra.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zo.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣraˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣraˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zo.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (zōgraphíā) f (genitive ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the art of painting
2. in metaphorical use

Declension

First declension of ἡ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē zōgraphíā	τὼ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ zōgraphíā	αἱ ζωγρᾰφῐ́αι hai zōgraphíai
Genitive	τῆς ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês zōgraphíās	τοῖν ζωγρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn zōgraphíain	τῶν ζωγρᾰφῐῶν tôn zōgraphiôn
Dative	τῇ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾳ têi zōgraphíāi	τοῖν ζωγρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn zōgraphíain	ταῖς ζωγρᾰφῐ́αις taîs zōgraphíais
Accusative	τὴν ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn zōgraphíān	τὼ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ zōgraphíā	τᾱ̀ς ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s zōgraphíās
Vocative	ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ zōgraphíā	ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ zōgraphíā	ζωγρᾰφῐ́αι zōgraphíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (art of painting): ζωγρᾰφῐκή (zōgraphikḗ)

Descendants

• Greek: ζωγραφιά f (zografiá, “illustration”)

References

• “ζωγρᾰφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζωγραφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζωγραφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • painting idem, page 589.

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Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōgraphíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo.ɣɾaˈfi.a/
• Hyphenation: ζω‧γρα‧φί‧α

Noun

ζωγραφία • (zografía) f (plural ζωγραφίες)

1. Katharevousa pronunciation of ζωγραφιά (zografiá)

Declension

• as in the ancient ζωγραφία (zōgraphía)

Further reading

• Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (²1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. [1st edition 1930-1950 in 9 volumes] (abbreviations - of authors)