παροιμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάροιμος (pároimos, “by the road, neighbor”) +‎ -ία (-ía), or from παρα- (para-, “next, near, alongside, nearby, nigh”) +‎ οἴμη (oímē, “song, tale”) +‎ -ία (-ía, feminine suffix of abstraction).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.roi̯.mí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ryˈmi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ryˈmi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ryˈmi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.riˈmi.a/

Noun

πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱ • (paroimíā) f (genitive πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

a byword, saying, proverb, maxim
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 264
1. a dark saying, parable

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱ hē paroimíā	τὼ πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱ tṑ paroimíā	αἱ πᾰροιμῐ́αι hai paroimíai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱς tês paroimíās	τοῖν πᾰροιμῐ́αιν toîn paroimíain	τῶν πᾰροιμῐῶν tôn paroimiôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰροιμῐ́ᾳ têi paroimíāi	τοῖν πᾰροιμῐ́αιν toîn paroimíain	ταῖς πᾰροιμῐ́αις taîs paroimíais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱν tḕn paroimíān	τὼ πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱ tṑ paroimíā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s paroimíās
Vocative	πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱ paroimíā	πᾰροιμῐ́ᾱ paroimíā	πᾰροιμῐ́αι paroimíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Coptic: ⲡⲁⲣⲟⲓⲙⲓⲁ (paroimia)
Greek: παροιμία (paroimía)
→ Latin: paroemia
- → Catalan: parèmia
- → English: paroemia
- → Spanish: paremia

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παροιμία (paroimía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɾiˈmia/
Hyphenation: πα‧ροι‧μί‧α

Noun

παροιμία • (paroimía) f (plural παροιμίες)

proverb, saying, adage, maxim (phrase expressing a basic truth)

Declension

Declension of **παροιμία**
	singular	plural
nominative	παροιμία (paroimía)	παροιμίες (paroimíes)
genitive	παροιμίας (paroimías)	παροιμιών (paroimión)
accusative	παροιμία (paroimía)	παροιμίες (paroimíes)
vocative	παροιμία (paroimía)	παροιμίες (paroimíes)

Synonyms

ρήση f (rísi, “saying”)

Derived terms

παροιμιακός (paroimiakós, “proverbial”) (adjective)
παροιμιώδης (paroimiódis, “proverbial”) (adjective)

παροιμία

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