"βία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bí.aː/, /ˈβi.a/, /ˈvi.a/, /bí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈbi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈβi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈvi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈvi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *gʷiā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win”). Cognate with Sanskrit ज्या (jyā́, “overwhelming force; power; vanquishing”), जय (jayá, “victory”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*gʷey-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*gʷiā}} Proto-Hellenic *gʷiā, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*gʷey-||to win}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win”), {{cog|sa|ज्या||overwhelming force; power; vanquishing|tr=jyā́}} Sanskrit ज्या (jyā́, “overwhelming force; power; vanquishing”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|βῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=βῐ́ᾱ}} βῐ́ᾱ • (bĭ́ā) f (genitive βῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βῐ́ᾱ|βῐ́ᾱς}} Forms: βῐ́ᾱ [canonical], bĭ́ā [romanization], βῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ βῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ βῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ βῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς βῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν βῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν βῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ βῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν βῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς βῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν βῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ βῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς βῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], βῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], βῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], βῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. bodily strength, force
    Sense id: en-βία-grc-noun-B52bwk2G Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 16 21 6 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 16 21 6 20
  2. act of violence
    Sense id: en-βία-grc-noun-e9p0MNbQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: βῐ́η (bĭ́ē) [Epic], Ionic Derived forms: Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), ἀντίβιος (antíbios), βιάζω (biázō), βίαιος (bíaios), βιάω (biáō), Εὐρυβιάδης (Eurubiádēs), Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía), ὑπέρβιος (hupérbios)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Alkibiádēs",
      "word": "Ἀλκιβιάδης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "antíbios",
      "word": "ἀντίβιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biázō",
      "word": "βιάζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bíaios",
      "word": "βίαιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "βιάω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "Εὐρυβιάδης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Zēnobía",
      "word": "Ζηνοβία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hupérbios",
      "word": "ὑπέρβιος"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "bĭ́ā",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "βῐ́ᾱς",
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    {
      "form": "ἡ βῐ́ᾱ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      ]
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      "form": "αἱ βῐ́αι",
      "roman": "hai bĭ́ai",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tês bĭ́ās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭ́ain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βῐῶν",
      "roman": "tôn bĭôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βῐ́ᾳ",
      "roman": "têi bĭ́āi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭ́ain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βῐ́αις",
      "roman": "taîs bĭ́ais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βῐ́ᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn bĭ́ān",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭ́ā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s bĭ́ās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "βῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "bĭ́ā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "bĭ́ā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐ́αι",
      "roman": "bĭ́ai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "first",
        "head": "βῐ́ᾱ"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "55 45",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 16 21 6 20",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 16 21 6 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "bodily strength, force"
      ],
      "id": "en-βία-grc-noun-B52bwk2G",
      "links": [
        [
          "bodily",
          "bodily"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "act of violence"
      ],
      "id": "en-βία-grc-noun-e9p0MNbQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "violence",
          "violence"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bí.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bí.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβi.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bĭ́ē",
      "tags": [
        "Epic"
      ],
      "word": "βῐ́η"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ionic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βία"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷey-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "word": "Ἀλκιβιάδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "antíbios",
      "word": "ἀντίβιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biázō",
      "word": "βιάζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bíaios",
      "word": "βίαιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biáō",
      "word": "βιάω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Eurubiádēs",
      "word": "Εὐρυβιάδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Zēnobía",
      "word": "Ζηνοβία"
    },
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    }
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        "3": "",
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bĭ́ā",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "ἡ βῐ́ᾱ",
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    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐ́ᾱ",
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    {
      "form": "αἱ βῐ́αι",
      "roman": "hai bĭ́ai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tês bĭ́ās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭ́ain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βῐῶν",
      "roman": "tôn bĭôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βῐ́ᾳ",
      "roman": "têi bĭ́āi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn bĭ́ain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βῐ́αις",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βῐ́ᾱν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ bĭ́ā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s bĭ́ās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "bĭ́ā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "bĭ́ā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῐ́αι",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "βῐ́ᾱ"
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bodily strength, force"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "bodily",
          "bodily"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
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        [
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          "force"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "act of violence"
      ],
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        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "violence",
          "violence"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bí.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bí.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβi.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvi.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bĭ́ē",
      "tags": [
        "Epic"
      ],
      "word": "βῐ́η"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ionic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βία"
}

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