"ἐπιχαιρεκακία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐπιχαιρεκακία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.pi.kʰai̯.re.ka.kí.aː/, /e.pi.çɛ.re.kaˈci.a/, /e.pi.çe.re.kaˈci.a/, /e.pi.kʰai̯.re.ka.kí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /e.pi.kʰɛ.re.kaˈki.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /e.pi.çɛ.re.kaˈci.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /e.pi.çe.re.kaˈci.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /e.pi.çe.re.kaˈci.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἐπῐχαιρέκᾰκος (epikhairékakos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from κᾰκός (kakós, “evil”) + ἐπιχαίρω (epikhaírō, “I rejoice”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + χαίρω (khaírō). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἐπῐχαιρέκᾰκος|-ῐ́ᾱ}} ἐπῐχαιρέκᾰκος (epikhairékakos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ}} ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ • (epikhairekakíā) f (genitive ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ [canonical], epikhairekakíā [romanization], ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐπῐχαιρεκᾰκῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. joy at the misfortune of another, spitefulness, schadenfreude, epicaricacy
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pi.kʰɛ.re.kaˈki.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pi.çɛ.re.kaˈci.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pi.çe.re.kaˈci.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pi.çe.re.kaˈci.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐπιχαιρεκακία"
}

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