μελαγχολία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μελάγχολος (melánkholos, “dipped in black bile”) + -ία (-ía), from μέλας (mélas, “black”) + χόλος (khólos, “gall, bile”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.laŋ.kʰo.lí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.laŋ.kʰoˈli.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.laŋ.xoˈli.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.laŋ.xoˈli.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.laŋ.xoˈli.a/
Noun
μελαγχολῐ́ᾱ • (melankholíā) f (genitive μελαγχολῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μελαγχολῐ́ᾱ hē melankholíā |
τὼ μελαγχολῐ́ᾱ tṑ melankholíā |
αἱ μελαγχολῐ́αι hai melankholíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μελαγχολῐ́ᾱς tês melankholíās |
τοῖν μελαγχολῐ́αιν toîn melankholíain |
τῶν μελαγχολῐῶν tôn melankholiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μελαγχολῐ́ᾳ têi melankholíāi |
τοῖν μελαγχολῐ́αιν toîn melankholíain |
ταῖς μελαγχολῐ́αις taîs melankholíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μελαγχολῐ́ᾱν tḕn melankholíān |
τὼ μελαγχολῐ́ᾱ tṑ melankholíā |
τᾱ̀ς μελαγχολῐ́ᾱς tā̀s melankholíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μελαγχολῐ́ᾱ melankholíā |
μελαγχολῐ́ᾱ melankholíā |
μελαγχολῐ́αι melankholíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: melancholy
- ⇒ Esperanto: melankolio
- → Late Latin: melancholia
- → Armenian: մելամաղձ (melamaġj) (partial calque)
See also
- μελαγχολικός (melankholikós)
Further reading
- “μελαγχολία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μελαγχολία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
μελαγχολία • (melancholía) f
- melancholia, melancholy (great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature)
- (psychiatry) melancholia, melancholic depression
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μελαγχολία (melancholía) | μελαγχολίες (melancholíes) |
| genitive | μελαγχολίας (melancholías) | μελαγχολιών (melancholión) |
| accusative | μελαγχολία (melancholía) | μελαγχολίες (melancholíes) |
| vocative | μελαγχολία (melancholía) | μελαγχολίες (melancholíes) |
References
- ^ μελαγχολία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
μελαγχολία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
