"ἠθολογία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἠθολογία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɛː.tʰo.lo.ɡí.aː/, /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/, /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/, /ɛː.tʰo.lo.ɡí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /e̝.tʰo.loˈɡi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting manners by mimic gesture”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from ἦθος (êthos, “character”) + λόγος (lógos, “account”). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἠθολόγος|-ῐ́ᾱ|t1=painting manners by mimic gesture}} ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting manners by mimic gesture”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), {{af|grc|ἦθος|λόγος|nocat=1|t1=character|t2=account}} ἦθος (êthos, “character”) + λόγος (lógos, “account”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ}} ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ • (ēthologĭ́ā) f (genitive ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ [canonical], ēthologĭ́ā [romanization], ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἠθολογῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], ἠθολογῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], ἠθολογῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἠθολογῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], ἠθολογῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἠθολογῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν ἠθολογῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], ἠθολογῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. a painting of character, especially by mimic gestures
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