διαβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαβάλλω (diabállō, “to calumniate”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.a.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /ði.a.βoˈli/ → /ði.a.voˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.a.bo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.a.boˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.βoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.voˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.a.voˈli/

Noun

δῐᾰβολή • (diabolḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰβολῆς); first declension

1. calumny, slander, defamation

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰβολή; τῆς δῐᾰβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰβολή hē diabolḗ	τὼ δῐᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ diabolā́	αἱ δῐᾰβολαί hai diabolaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰβολῆς tês diabolês	τοῖν δῐᾰβολαῖν toîn diabolaîn	τῶν δῐᾰβολῶν tôn diabolôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰβολῇ têi diabolêi	τοῖν δῐᾰβολαῖν toîn diabolaîn	ταῖς δῐᾰβολαῖς taîs diabolaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰβολήν tḕn diabolḗn	τὼ δῐᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ diabolā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰβολᾱ́ς tā̀s diabolā́s
Vocative	δῐᾰβολή diabolḗ	δῐᾰβολᾱ́ diabolā́	δῐᾰβολαί diabolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διαβολή (diavolí)

Further reading

• “διαβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαβολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• διαβολή 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.
  • abuse idem, page 5.
  • backbiting idem, page 58.
  • calumny idem, page 110.
  • defamation idem, page 203.
  • depreciation idem, page 213.
  • detraction idem, page 219.
  • disparagement idem, page 236.
  • invective idem, page 456.
  • misrepresentation idem, page 535.
  • obloquy idem, page 566.
  • scandal idem, page 737.
  • scurrility idem, page 743.
  • slander idem, page 782.