ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Literally, “circular (i.e. all-round, well rounded) education”.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ký.kli.os pai̯.děː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋˈky.kli.os pɛˈdi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟy.kli.os pɛˈði.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟy.kli.os peˈði.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟi.kli.os peˈði.a/

Noun

ἐγκύκλῐος παιδείᾱ • (enkúklios paideíā) f (genitive ἐγκυκλίου παιδείᾱς); first declension

general education

Declension

See ἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklios) and παιδείᾱ (paideíā).

Descendants

Latin: encyclopaedia (through univerbation) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

“ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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