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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Contracted from *ἀεικίᾱ (*aeikíā), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + εἰκός (eikós, “reasonable, fair”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai̯.kí.aː/ → /ɛˈci.a/ → /eˈci.a/
Noun
αἰκῐ́ᾱ • (aikíā) f (genitive αἰκῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- insult, outrage, affront
- assault, blow
- suffering, disgrace, mistreatment, torture
Inflection
References
- “αἰκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἰκία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰκία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- affront idem, page 17.
- bullying idem, page 103.
- defacement idem, page 203.
- despiteful idem, page 217.
- disfigurement idem, page 233.
- dishonour idem, page 234.
- ill usage idem, page 416.
- indignity idem, page 433.
- injury idem, page 441.
- maiming idem, page 508.
- maltreatment idem, page 510.
- misery idem, page 534.
- misusage idem, page 536.
- mutilation idem, page 548.
- outrage idem, page 582.
- torture idem, page 884.
- treatment idem, page 892.
- unhappiness idem, page 920.
- wretchedness idem, page 993.