διαγωνισμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
δῐᾰγωνῐ́ζομαι (dĭăgōnĭ́zomai, “to contend desperately”) + -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.a.ɡɔː.niz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.a.ɡo.nizˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.a.ɣo.nizˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.a.ɣo.nizˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.a.ɣo.nizˈmos/
Noun
δῐᾰγωνῐσμός • (dĭăgōnĭsmós) m (genitive δῐᾰγωνῐσμοῦ); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δῐᾰγωνῐσμός ho dĭăgōnĭsmós |
τὼ δῐᾰγωνῐσμώ tṑ dĭăgōnĭsmṓ |
οἱ δῐᾰγωνῐσμοί hoi dĭăgōnĭsmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δῐᾰγωνῐσμοῦ toû dĭăgōnĭsmoû |
τοῖν δῐᾰγωνῐσμοῖν toîn dĭăgōnĭsmoîn |
τῶν δῐᾰγωνῐσμῶν tôn dĭăgōnĭsmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δῐᾰγωνῐσμῷ tōî dĭăgōnĭsmōî |
τοῖν δῐᾰγωνῐσμοῖν toîn dĭăgōnĭsmoîn |
τοῖς δῐᾰγωνῐσμοῖς toîs dĭăgōnĭsmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δῐᾰγωνῐσμόν tòn dĭăgōnĭsmón |
τὼ δῐᾰγωνῐσμώ tṑ dĭăgōnĭsmṓ |
τοὺς δῐᾰγωνῐσμούς toùs dĭăgōnĭsmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰγωνῐσμέ dĭăgōnĭsmé |
δῐᾰγωνῐσμώ dĭăgōnĭsmṓ |
δῐᾰγωνῐσμοί dĭăgōnĭsmoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: διαγωνισμός (diagonismós)
Further reading
- “διαγωνισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διαγωνισμός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διαγωνισμός (diagōnismós, “intense effort”).
Pronunciation
Noun
διαγωνισμός • (diagonismós) m (plural διαγωνισμοί)
- competition
- competitive examination
- (colloquial) examination, exam, test
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | διαγωνισμός (diagonismós) | διαγωνισμοί (diagonismoí) |
| genitive | διαγωνισμού (diagonismoú) | διαγωνισμών (diagonismón) |
| accusative | διαγωνισμό (diagonismó) | διαγωνισμούς (diagonismoús) |
| vocative | διαγωνισμέ (diagonismé) | διαγωνισμοί (diagonismoí) |
Synonyms
- (examination): εξέταση f (exétasi)
Related terms
- διαγώνισμα n (diagónisma, “test, examination”)
- διαγωνίζομαι (diagonízomai, “to take an examination”)
- διαγωνιζόμενος m (diagonizómenos, “candidate, examinee, contestant”)
- διαγωνιζόμενη f (diagonizómeni, “candidate, examinee, contestant”)
Further reading
- διαγωνισμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language