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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπιτηδεύω (epitēdeúō, “to pursue an activity, to practise a thing”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.pi.tɛ̌ː.deu̯.ma/ → /e.piˈti.ðeβ.ma/ → /e.piˈti.ðev.ma/
Noun
ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ • (epĭtḗdeumă) n (genitive ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτος); third declension
- pursuit, business
- vocation, calling
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἐπιτήδευμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπιτήδευμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπιτήδευμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἐπιτήδευμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- avocation idem, page 55.
- business idem, page 106.
- calling idem, page 109.
- career idem, page 113.
- custom idem, page 191.
- employment idem, page 269.
- habit idem, page 380.
- hobby idem, page 402.
- institution idem, page 447.
- occupation idem, page 568.
- practice idem, page 631.
- profession idem, page 653.
- pursuit idem, page 659.
- routine idem, page 723.
- study idem, page 829.
- trade idem, page 885.
- vocation idem, page 955.
- work idem, page 988.