ἱστορία

See also: ιστορία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ῐ̔στορῐ́η (historíē) – Ionic

Etymology

From ῐ̔στορέω (historéō, “I inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “one who knows, wise one”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ • (historíā) f (genitive ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. inquiry, examination, systematic observation, science
  2. body of knowledge obtained by systematic inquiry
  3. written account of such inquiries, narrative, history

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
hē historíā		 τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
tṑ historíā		 αἱ ῐ̔στορῐ́αι
hai historíai
Genitive τῆς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς
tês historíās		 τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν
toîn historíain		 τῶν ῐ̔στορῐῶν
tôn historiôn
Dative τῇ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾳ
têi historíāi		 τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐ́αιν
toîn historíain		 ταῖς ῐ̔στορῐ́αις
taîs historíais
Accusative τὴν ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱν
tḕn historíān		 τὼ ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
tṑ historíā		 τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s historíās
Vocative ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
historíā		 ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ
historíā		 ῐ̔στορῐ́αι
historíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

    Greek

    Noun

    ἱστορία • (ἱstoría) f

    1. Katharevousa form of ιστορία (istoría)
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