διχοτομία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διχότομος (dikhótomos, “cut in two”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.kʰo.to.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.kʰo.toˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/
Noun
δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ • (dĭkhotomĭ́ā) f (genitive δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- (of the moon's quarter) dividing in two
- bisection, point of bisection
- point of division between wings of army
- (logic) division in two parts, dichotomy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ hē dĭkhotomĭ́ā |
τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ tṑ dĭkhotomĭ́ā |
αἱ δῐχοτομῐ́αι hai dĭkhotomĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς tês dĭkhotomĭ́ās |
τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν toîn dĭkhotomĭ́ain |
τῶν δῐχοτομῐῶν tôn dĭkhotomĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾳ tēî dĭkhotomĭ́āi |
τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν toîn dĭkhotomĭ́ain |
ταῖς δῐχοτομῐ́αις taîs dĭkhotomĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱν tḕn dĭkhotomĭ́ān |
τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ tṑ dĭkhotomĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς tā̀s dĭkhotomĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ dĭkhotomĭ́ā |
δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ dĭkhotomĭ́ā |
δῐχοτομῐ́αι dĭkhotomĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: dichotomy
- → German: Dichotomie
- → Greek: διχοτομία (dichotomía) (learned)
- → Italian: dicotomia
- → Spanish: dicotomía
Further reading
- “διχοτομία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διχοτομία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διχοτομία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía).[1] By surface analysis, διχοτόμος (dichotómos) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ði.xo.toˈmi.a/
- Hyphenation: δι‧χο‧το‧μί‧α
Noun
διχοτομία • (dichotomía) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | διχοτομία (dichotomía) | διχοτομίες (dichotomíes) |
| genitive | διχοτομίας (dichotomías) | διχοτομιών (dichotomión) |
| accusative | διχοτομία (dichotomía) | διχοτομίες (dichotomíes) |
| vocative | διχοτομία (dichotomía) | διχοτομίες (dichotomíes) |
Related terms
- διχοτόμηση f (dichotómisi)
- διχοτομικός (dichotomikós)
- διχοτόμος (dichotómos)
- διχοτομώ (dichotomó)
References
- ^ διχοτομία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language