βία
See also: βίᾳ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gʷiā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win”). Cognate with Sanskrit ज्या (jyā́, “overwhelming force; power; vanquishing”), जय (jayá, “victory”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.a/
Noun
βῐ́ᾱ • (bĭ́ā) f (genitive βῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βῐ́ᾱ hē bĭ́ā |
τὼ βῐ́ᾱ tṑ bĭ́ā |
αἱ βῐ́αι hai bĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βῐ́ᾱς tês bĭ́ās |
τοῖν βῐ́αιν toîn bĭ́ain |
τῶν βῐῶν tôn bĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βῐ́ᾳ tēî bĭ́āi |
τοῖν βῐ́αιν toîn bĭ́ain |
ταῖς βῐ́αις taîs bĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βῐ́ᾱν tḕn bĭ́ān |
τὼ βῐ́ᾱ tṑ bĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς βῐ́ᾱς tā̀s bĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βῐ́ᾱ bĭ́ā |
βῐ́ᾱ bĭ́ā |
βῐ́αι bĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs)
- ἀντίβιος (antíbios)
- βιάζω (biázō)
- βίαιος (bíaios)
- βιάω (biáō)
- Εὐρυβιάδης (Eurubiádēs)
- Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía)
- ὑπέρβιος (hupérbios)
Noun
βῐ́ᾱ • (bĭ́ā)
- nominative/accusative/vocative dual of βῐ́ᾱ (bĭ́ā) and βῐ́η (bĭ́ē)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βίᾱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 213
Further reading
- “βία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- “βία”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G970 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- βία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βία (bía).
Noun
βία • (vía) f (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | βία (vía) |
| genitive | βίας (vías) |
| accusative | βία (vía) |
| vocative | βία (vía) |
Uncommon plural form βίες (víes)
Synonyms
- (violence): βιαιοπραγία f (viaiopragía, “physical assault, assault and battery”)
- (violence): βιαιότητα f (viaiótita, “violence”)
- (rush): ορμητικότητα f (ormitikótita, “impetuosity, violence”)
- (bustle): παραφορά f (paraforá, “excitement”)
- (violence): σφοδρότητα f (sfodrótita, “violence, ferocity”)
Further reading
- βία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el