αὐτοεπιθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὐτο- (auto-, “same, self”) +‎ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ (epithūmíā, “desire”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.to.e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /aɸ.to.e.pi.θyˈmi.a/ → /af.to.e.pi.θiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.to.e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.to.e.pi.tʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.to.e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.to.e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.to.e.pi.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (autoepithūmíā) f (genitive αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the Form of Desire
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Topics 6.8.7

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē autoepithūmíā	τὼ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ autoepithūmíā	αἱ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αι hai autoepithūmíai
Genitive	τῆς αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês autoepithūmíās	τοῖν αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn autoepithūmíain	τῶν αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐῶν tôn autoepithūmiôn
Dative	τῇ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi autoepithūmíāi	τοῖν αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn autoepithūmíain	ταῖς αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αις taîs autoepithūmíais
Accusative	τὴν αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn autoepithūmíān	τὼ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ autoepithūmíā	τᾱ̀ς αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s autoepithūmíās
Vocative	αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ autoepithūmíā	αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ autoepithūmíā	αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αι autoepithūmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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