ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A mistaken univerbated form of ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “child-rearing, education”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ky.klo.pai̯.děː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ky.klo.pɛˈdi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɲ.ɟy.klo.pɛˈði.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eɲ.ɟy.klo.peˈði.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eɲ.ɟi.klo.peˈði.a/

Noun

ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾱ • (enkuklopaideíā) f (genitive ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾱς); first declension

encyclopedia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱ; τῆς ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱ hē enkuklopaideíā	τὼ ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱ tṑ enkuklopaideíā	αἱ ἐγκῠκλοπαιδεῖαι hai enkuklopaideîai
Genitive	τῆς ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱς tês enkuklopaideíās	τοῖν ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείαιν toîn enkuklopaideíain	τῶν ἐγκῠκλοπαιδειῶν tôn enkuklopaideiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾳ têi enkuklopaideíāi	τοῖν ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείαιν toîn enkuklopaideíain	ταῖς ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείαις taîs enkuklopaideíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱν tḕn enkuklopaideíān	τὼ ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱ tṑ enkuklopaideíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱς tā̀s enkuklopaideíās
Vocative	ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱ enkuklopaideíā	ἐγκῠκλοπαιδείᾱ enkuklopaideíā	ἐγκῠκλοπαιδεῖαι enkuklopaideîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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English: encyclopedia
Esperanto: enciklopedio
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Italian: enciclopedia
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