καλλιγραφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) +‎ -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā, “writing”) and/or καλλιγράφος (kalligráphos) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.li.ɡra.pʰí.aː/ → /kal.li.ɣraˈɸi.a/ → /ka.li.ɣraˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.li.ɡra.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kal.li.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kal.li.ɣraˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kal.li.ɣraˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.li.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾱ • (kalligraphíā) f (genitive κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾱς); first declension

1. calligraphy, beautiful writing

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾱ; τῆς κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾱ hē kalligraphíā
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾱς tês kalligraphíās
Dative	τῇ κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾳ têi kalligraphíāi
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾱν tḕn kalligraphíān
Vocative	κᾰλλῐγρᾰφίᾱ kalligraphíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• καλλιγραφέω (kalligraphéō)
• καλλιγραφικός (kalligraphikós)

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: καλλιγραφία (kalligrafía)
• → Asturian: caligrafía
• → Dutch: kalligrafie
• → Finnish: kalligrafia
• → French: calligraphie (see there for further descendants)
• → Friulian: caligrafie
• → German: Kalligraphie, Kalligrafie
  • → Hungarian: kalligráfia
• → Latvian: kaligrāfija
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kalligrafi
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kalligrafi
• → Polish: kaligrafia
• → Russian: каллигра́фия (kalligráfija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: krȁsnopis (calque)
• → Slovak: kaligrafia
• → Spanish: caligrafía
• → Ukrainian: калігра́фія (kalihráfija)
• → Ukrainian: красно́пис (krasnópys) (calque)

Further reading

• καλλιγραφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “καλλιγραφία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “καλλιγραφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφίᾱ (kalligraphíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.ɣraˈfi.a/

Noun

καλλιγραφία • (kalligrafía) f (plural καλλιγραφίες)

1. calligraphy, beautiful writing

Related terms

• καλλιγράφος m or f (kalligráfos, “calligrapher”)
• καλλιγραφικός (kalligrafikós, “calligraphic”)

Further reading

• καλλιγραφία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el