ὀρθοέπεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Form ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) +‎ ἔπος (épos, “word”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.tʰo.é.peː.a/ → /or.θoˈe.pi.a/ → /or.θoˈe.pi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.tʰo.é.peː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /or.tʰoˈe.pi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /or.θoˈe.pi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /or.θoˈe.pi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /or.θoˈe.pi.a/

Noun

ὀρθοέπειᾰ • (orthoépeia) f (genitive ὀρθοεπείᾱς); first declension

1. correct diction, especially in poetry

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὀρθοέπειᾰ; τῆς ὀρθοεπείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀρθοέπειᾰ hē orthoépeia	τὼ ὀρθοεπείᾱ tṑ orthoepeíā	αἱ ὀρθοέπειαι hai orthoépeiai
Genitive	τῆς ὀρθοεπείᾱς tês orthoepeíās	τοῖν ὀρθοεπείαιν toîn orthoepeíain	τῶν ὀρθοεπειῶν tôn orthoepeiôn
Dative	τῇ ὀρθοεπείᾳ têi orthoepeíāi	τοῖν ὀρθοεπείαιν toîn orthoepeíain	ταῖς ὀρθοεπείαις taîs orthoepeíais
Accusative	τὴν ὀρθοέπειᾰν tḕn orthoépeian	τὼ ὀρθοεπείᾱ tṑ orthoepeíā	τᾱ̀ς ὀρθοεπείᾱς tā̀s orthoepeíās
Vocative	ὀρθοέπειᾰ orthoépeia	ὀρθοεπείᾱ orthoepeíā	ὀρθοέπειαι orthoépeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: orthoepy
• Russian: орфоэ́пия (orfoépija)
• Italian: ortoepia
• Sicilian: urtuipìa

Further reading

• “ὀρθοέπεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀρθοέπεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀρθοέπεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette