ἱστορία

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See also: ιστορία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ῐ̔στορέω (historéō, “to inquire”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “one who knows, wise one”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ • (historíā) f (genitive ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. inquiry, examination, systematic observation, science
  2. body of knowledge obtained by systematic inquiry
  3. written account of such inquiries, narrative, history

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
hē historíā 		τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
tṑ historíā 		αἱ ῐ̔στορῐ́αι
hai historíai
Genitive τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς
tês historíās 		τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν
toîn historíain 		τῶν ῐ̔στορῐῶν
tôn historiôn
Dative τῇ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾳ
têi historíāi 		τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν
toîn historíain 		ταῖς ῐ̔στορῐ́αις
taîs historíais
Accusative τὴν ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱν
tḕn historíān 		τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
tṑ historíā 		τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s historíās
Vocative ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
historíā 		ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
historíā 		ῐ̔στορῐ́αι
historíai
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ιστορία (istoría)
  • Pontic Greek: ιστορίαν (istorían)
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Greek

Noun

ἱστορία • (historía) f

  1. Katharevousa form of ιστορία (istoría)
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