διασπορά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to sow, to scatter”) +‎ -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.as.po.rǎː/ → /ði.as.poˈra/ → /ði.as.poˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.as.po.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.as.poˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.as.poˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.as.poˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.as.poˈra/

Noun

δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ • (diasporā́) f (genitive δῐᾰσπορᾶς); first declension

1. scattering, dispersion

Declension

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰσπορᾱ́; τῆς δῐᾰσπορᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ hē diasporā́	τὼ δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ tṑ diasporā́	αἱ δῐᾰσποραί hai diasporaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰσπορᾶς tês diasporâs	τοῖν δῐᾰσποραῖν toîn diasporaîn	τῶν δῐᾰσπορῶν tôn diasporôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰσπορᾷ têi diasporâi	τοῖν δῐᾰσποραῖν toîn diasporaîn	ταῖς δῐᾰσποραῖς taîs diasporaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ν tḕn diasporā́n	τὼ δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ tṑ diasporā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ς tā̀s diasporā́s
Vocative	δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ diasporā́	δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ diasporā́	δῐᾰσποραί diasporaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: diaspora
• → French: diaspora
• → Irish: diaspóra
• → Polish: diaspora
• Greek: διασπορά (diasporá)

Further reading

• “διασπορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διασπορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διασπορά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “διασπορά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• διασπορά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek διασπορά (diasporá).

Noun

διασπορά • (diasporá) f (uncountable)

1. dispersion
2. diaspora

Declension

  διασπορά

case     \     number	singular
nominative	διασπορά •
genitive	διασποράς •
accusative	διασπορά •
vocative	διασπορά •

Related terms

• διασπείρω (diaspeíro)
• διασπορά ψευδών ειδήσεων (diasporá psevdón eidíseon)

Further reading

• διασπορά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language