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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διαβάλλω (diabállō, “to calumniate”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.a.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /ði.a.βoˈli/ → /ði.a.voˈli/
Noun
δῐᾰβολή • (diabolḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰβολῆς); first declension
- calumny, slander, defamation
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “διαβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διαβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διαβολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- διαβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abuse idem, page 5.
- backbiting idem, page 58.
- calumny idem, page 110.
- defamation idem, page 203.
- depreciation idem, page 213.
- detraction idem, page 219.
- disparagement idem, page 236.
- invective idem, page 456.
- misrepresentation idem, page 535.
- obloquy idem, page 566.
- scandal idem, page 737.
- scurrility idem, page 743.
- slander idem, page 782.