ἐντροπία

See also: εντροπία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐντρέπω (entrépō) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.tro.pí.aː/ → /en.troˈpi.a/ → /en.droˈpi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.tro.pí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /en.troˈpi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /en.troˈpi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /en.troˈpi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /en.droˈpi.a/

Noun

ἐντροπῐ́ᾱ • (entropíā) f (genitive ἐντροπῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a turning towards

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐντροπῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐντροπῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐντροπῐ́ᾱ hē entropíā	τὼ ἐντροπῐ́ᾱ tṑ entropíā	αἱ ἐντροπῐ́αι hai entropíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐντροπῐ́ᾱς tês entropíās	τοῖν ἐντροπῐ́αιν toîn entropíain	τῶν ἐντροπῐῶν tôn entropiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐντροπῐ́ᾳ têi entropíāi	τοῖν ἐντροπῐ́αιν toîn entropíain	ταῖς ἐντροπῐ́αις taîs entropíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐντροπῐ́ᾱν tḕn entropíān	τὼ ἐντροπῐ́ᾱ tṑ entropíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐντροπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s entropíās
Vocative	ἐντροπῐ́ᾱ entropíā	ἐντροπῐ́ᾱ entropíā	ἐντροπῐ́αι entropíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• German: Entropie
  • English: entropy
  • French: entropie

Further reading

• “ἐντροπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐντροπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐντροπία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐντροπία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)