θρησκεία
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From θρησκεύω (thrēskeúō, “perform religious observances, worship”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰrɛːs.kěː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰre̝sˈki.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θrisˈci.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θrisˈci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θrisˈci.a/
Noun
θρησκείᾱ • (thrēskeíā) f (genitive θρησκείᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θρησκείᾱ hē thrēskeíā |
τὼ θρησκείᾱ tṑ thrēskeíā |
αἱ θρησκεῖαι hai thrēskeîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θρησκείᾱς tês thrēskeíās |
τοῖν θρησκείαιν toîn thrēskeíain |
τῶν θρησκειῶν tôn thrēskeiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θρησκείᾳ têi thrēskeíāi |
τοῖν θρησκείαιν toîn thrēskeíain |
ταῖς θρησκείαις taîs thrēskeíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θρησκείᾱν tḕn thrēskeíān |
τὼ θρησκείᾱ tṑ thrēskeíā |
τᾱ̀ς θρησκείᾱς tā̀s thrēskeíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θρησκείᾱ thrēskeíā |
θρησκείᾱ thrēskeíā |
θρησκεῖαι thrēskeîai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἐθελοθρησκεία f (ethelothrēskeía)
- ἑτερόθρησκος (heteróthrēskos)
- θρήσκευμα n (thrḗskeuma)
- θρήσκευσις f (thrḗskeusis)
- θρησκευτήριον n (thrēskeutḗrion)
- θρησκευτής m (thrēskeutḗs)
- θρησκεύω (thrēskeúō)
- θρήσκια n pl (thrḗskia)
- θρῆσκος (thrêskos, “religious”)
- θρησκώδης (thrēskṓdēs)
- ἱεροθρησκεία f (hierothrēskeía)
- συνθρησκευτής m (sunthrēskeutḗs)
- συνθρησκεύω (sunthrēskeúō)
- ὑπερθρησκεύω (huperthrēskeúō)
Further reading
- “θρησκεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θρησκεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θρησκεία (thrēskeía).
Pronunciation
Noun
θρησκεία • (thriskeía) f (plural θρησκείες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | θρησκεία (thriskeía) | θρησκείες (thriskeíes) |
| genitive | θρησκείας (thriskeías) | θρησκειών (thriskeión) |
| accusative | θρησκεία (thriskeía) | θρησκείες (thriskeíes) |
| vocative | θρησκεία (thriskeía) | θρησκείες (thriskeíes) |
Coordinate terms
- πίστη f (písti, “faith, belief”)
Related terms
- άθρησκος (áthriskos, “unreligious”)
- αλλόθρησκος (allóthriskos, “of different relition”)
- ανεξιθρησκία f (anexithriskía, “religious tolerance”)
- ανεξίθρησκος (anexíthriskos, “tolerant of religion”)
- αντιθρησκευτικός (antithriskeftikós, “antireligious”)
- αντίθρησκος (antíthriskos, “antireligious”)
- ηθικοθρησκευτικός (ithikothriskeftikós)
- θρησκειολογία f (thriskeiología, “religious studies”)
- θρησκειολόγος m or f (thriskeiológos)
- θρήσκευμα n (thrískevma)
- θρησκεύομαι (thriskévomai)
- θρησκευτικά f pl (thriskeftiká)
- θρησκευτικός (thriskeftikós, “religious”)
- θρησκευτικότητα f (thriskeftikótita)
- θρησκεύω (thriskévo)
- θρησκόληπτος (thriskóliptos, “churchy, devout”)
- θρησκοληψία f (thriskolipsía)
- θρήσκος (thrískos, “pious, devout”)
- ομόθρησκος (omóthriskos, “of same religion”)
Further reading
θρησκεία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
