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διατριβή
διατριβή
Ancient Greek
Noun
διατρῐβή • (diatribḗ) f (genitive διατρῐβῆς); first declension
- a way of spending time
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ διατρῐβή | τὼ διατρῐβᾱ́ | αἱ διατρῐβαί | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς διατρῐβῆς | τοῖν διατρῐβαῖν | τῶν διατρῐβῶν | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ διατρῐβῇ | τοῖν διατρῐβαῖν | ταῖς διατρῐβαῖς | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν διατρῐβήν | τὼ διατρῐβᾱ́ | τᾱ̀ς διατρῐβᾱ́ς | ||||||||||
Vocative | διατρῐβή | διατρῐβᾱ́ | διατρῐβαί | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. |
Descendants
- Greek: διατριβή f (diatriví, “treatise”)
References
- διατριβή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διατριβή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «διατριβή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «διατριβή» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- amusement idem, page 28.
- avocation idem, page 55.
- business idem, page 106.
- dalliance idem, page 193.
- delay idem, page 207.
- distraction idem, page 242.
- diversion idem, page 243.
- entertainment idem, page 277.
- expenditure idem, page 293.
- habitation idem, page 380.
- haunt idem, page 388.
- hesitation idem, page 398.
- hobby idem, page 402.
- occupation idem, page 568.
- pastime idem, page 598.
- pause idem, page 599.
- procrastination idem, page 644.
- pursuit idem, page 659.
- recreation idem, page 682.
- relaxation idem, page 690.
- slowness idem, page 786.
- sojourn idem, page 791.
- sport idem, page 804.
- stay idem, page 813.
- stop idem, page 820.
- study idem, page 829.
- tardiness idem, page 855.
- time idem, page 875.
- trifling idem, page 895.
- vacillation idem, page 942.
- waiting idem, page 959.
- waste idem, page 965.
- wavering idem, page 968.
- work idem, page 988.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “study”)
Noun
διατριβή • (diatriví) f (plural διατριβές)
Declension
declension of διατριβή
singular | plural | |
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nominative | διατριβή | διατριβές |
genitive | διατριβής | διατριβών |
accusative | διατριβή | διατριβές |
vocative | διατριβή | διατριβές |