βλασφημία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰ́σφημος (blásphēmos, “blasphemous”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ • (blasphēmíā) f (genitive βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. word of evil omen, profane speech
    Antonym: εὐφημῐ́ᾱ (euphēmíā)
  2. defamation, slander, libel
  3. blasphemy, irreverent speech against God

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
hē blasphēmíā 		τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
tṑ blasphēmíā 		αἱ βλᾰσφημῐ́αι
hai blasphēmíai
Genitive τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς
tês blasphēmíās 		τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν
toîn blasphēmíain 		τῶν βλᾰσφημῐῶν
tôn blasphēmiôn
Dative τῇ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾳ
têi blasphēmíāi 		τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν
toîn blasphēmíain 		ταῖς βλᾰσφημῐ́αις
taîs blasphēmíais
Accusative τὴν βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱν
tḕn blasphēmíān 		τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
tṑ blasphēmíā 		τᾱ̀ς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s blasphēmíās
Vocative βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
blasphēmíā 		βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
blasphēmíā 		βλᾰσφημῐ́αι
blasphēmíai
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Latin: blasphēmia (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the roots *blas-, *mlas- from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to deceive”) + φημί (phēmí, “I say”).

Noun

βλασφημία • (vlasfimía) f

  1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of βλασφημία
singular plural
nominative βλασφημία • βλασφημίες •
genitive βλασφημίας • βλασφημιών •
accusative βλασφημία • βλασφημίες •
vocative βλασφημία • βλασφημίες •
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