ἰδιοσυγκρασία

See also: ιδιοσυγκρασία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̓δῐοσῠ́γκρᾱσῐς (idiosúnkrāsis)
• ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρῐσῐ́ᾱ (idiosunkrisíā)

Etymology

From ῐ̓́δῐος (ídios, “peculiar”) +‎ σῠν- (sun-, “with”) +‎ κρᾶσῐς (krâsis, “mixture”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.di.o.syŋ.kraː.sí.aː/ → /i.ði.o.syŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/ → /i.ði.o.siŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.di.o.syŋ.kraː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.di.o.syŋ.kraˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ði.o.syŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ði.o.syŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ði.o.siŋ.ɡraˈsi.a/

Noun

ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ • (idiosunkrāsíā) f (genitive ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. peculiar temperament or habit, idiosyncrasy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ hē idiosunkrāsíā	τὼ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ tṑ idiosunkrāsíā	αἱ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αι hai idiosunkrāsíai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς tês idiosunkrāsíās	τοῖν ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αιν toîn idiosunkrāsíain	τῶν ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐῶν tôn idiosunkrāsiôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾳ têi idiosunkrāsíāi	τοῖν ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αιν toîn idiosunkrāsíain	ταῖς ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αις taîs idiosunkrāsíais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱν tḕn idiosunkrāsíān	τὼ ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ tṑ idiosunkrāsíā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s idiosunkrāsíās
Vocative	ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ idiosunkrāsíā	ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ idiosunkrāsíā	ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́αι idiosunkrāsíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Catalan: idiosincràsia (learned)
• → English: idiosyncrasy (learned)
• → French: idiosyncrasie (learned)

References

• “ἰδιοσυγκρασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰδιοσυγκρασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette