πολυγαμία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολῠ́γᾰμος (polúgamos, “married to many”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γᾰ́μος (gámos, “marriage”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.ɡa.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.ly.ɡaˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.ly.ɣaˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.ly.ɣaˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.li.ɣaˈmi.a/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ hē polugamíā |
τὼ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ tṑ polugamíā |
αἱ πολῠγᾰμῐ́αι hai polugamíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς tês polugamíās |
τοῖν πολῠγᾰμῐ́αιν toîn polugamíain |
τῶν πολῠγᾰμῐῶν tôn polugamiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾳ têi polugamíāi |
τοῖν πολῠγᾰμῐ́αιν toîn polugamíain |
ταῖς πολῠγᾰμῐ́αις taîs polugamíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱν tḕn polugamíān |
τὼ πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ tṑ polugamíā |
τᾱ̀ς πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s polugamíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ polugamíā |
πολῠγᾰμῐ́ᾱ polugamíā |
πολῠγᾰμῐ́αι polugamíai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πολυγαμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολυγαμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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