χρονολογία

Greek

Etymology

The word, from medieval times, 8th-9th century.[1] Morphologically from χρονο- (chrono-, “chrono-”) +‎ -λογία (-logía, “-logy”) "speaking of time". Contemporary senses through French chronologie.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xronoloˈʝia/
  • Hyphenation: χρο‧νο‧λο‧γία

Noun

χρονολογία • (chronología) f (plural χρονολογίες)

  1. system of dating, chronology of a certain event
    Η αφετηρία της ρωμαϊκής χρονολογίας είναι το έτος κτίσεως της Ρώμης, το 753 π.Κ.Ε.
    I afetiría tis romaïkís chronologías eínai to étos ktíseos tis Rómis, to 753 p.K.E.
    The starting point of the Roman dating system is the foundation of Rome in 753 B.C.E.
    Synonym: χρονολόγηση (chronológisi)
  2. determining or recording the year in which an event happened
    Ποια είναι η χρονολογία της γεννήσεώς σας;
    Poia eínai i chronología tis genníseós sas?
    What is the year of your birth?
    1. determining or recording the precise date (year, month, day) of an event
      A more precise term: ημερομηνία (imerominía, “precise day, month (and year)”)
  3. chronology, the science of dating events

Declension

  • αχρονολόγητος (achronológitos, “not dated, of unknown date”)
  • μεταχρονολόγηση f (metachronológisi, “postdating”)
  • μεταχρονολογώ (metachronologó, “postdate”)
  • προχρονολόγηση f (prochronológisi, “antedating”)
  • προχρονολογώ (prochronologó, “backdate, antedate, predate”)
  • χρονολόγηση f (chronológisi, “chronologizing”)
  • χρονολογικός (chronologikós, “chronological”)
  • χρονολόγιο n (chronológio, “table of dates of events, log”) (also for astronomy)
  • χρονολογώ (chronologó, “I date, chronologize”)
  • and → see at χρόνος

References

  1. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “χρονολογία”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. χρονολογία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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