διαρροή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
δῐᾰρρέω (dĭărrhéō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.ar̥.r̥o.ɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.ar.roˈe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.ar.roˈi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.ar.roˈi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.a.roˈi/
Noun
δῐᾰρροή • (dĭărrhoḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰρροῆς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῐᾰρροή hē dĭărroḗ |
τὼ δῐᾰρροᾱ́ tṑ dĭărroā́ |
αἱ δῐᾰρροαί hai dĭărroaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῐᾰρροῆς tês dĭărroês |
τοῖν δῐᾰρροαῖν toîn dĭărroaîn |
τῶν δῐᾰρροῶν tôn dĭărroôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῐᾰρροῇ tēî dĭărroēî |
τοῖν δῐᾰρροαῖν toîn dĭărroaîn |
ταῖς δῐᾰρροαῖς taîs dĭărroaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῐᾰρροήν tḕn dĭărroḗn |
τὼ δῐᾰρροᾱ́ tṑ dĭărroā́ |
τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰρροᾱ́ς tā̀s dĭărroā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰρροή dĭărroḗ |
δῐᾰρροᾱ́ dĭărroā́ |
δῐᾰρροαί dĭărroaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: διαρροή (diarroḯ)
Further reading
- “διαρροή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διαρροή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “διαρροή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διαρροή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διαρροή (diarrhoḗ), invoking the sense of "flowing through" > "the thing that flows".
Pronunciation
Noun
διαρροή • (diarroḯ) f (plural διαρροές)
- leak (in pipe, tank, etc.)
- (figuratively) leak (disclosure of confidential information), defection, loss
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | διαρροή (diarroḯ) | διαρροές (diarroés) |
| genitive | διαρροής (diarroḯs) | διαρροών (diarroón) |
| accusative | διαρροή (diarroḯ) | διαρροές (diarroés) |
| vocative | διαρροή (diarroḯ) | διαρροές (diarroés) |
Related terms
- διαρρέω (diarréo, “to leak, to drain”)
Further reading
- διαρροή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language