βλασφημία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰ́σφημος (blásphēmos, “blasphemous”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ • (blasphēmíā) f (genitive βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. word of evil omen, profane speech
    Antonym: εὐφημῐ́ᾱ (euphēmíā)
  2. defamation, slander, libel
  3. blasphemy, irreverent speech against God

Inflection
First declension of ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
hē blasphēmíā		 τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
tṑ blasphēmíā		 αἱ βλᾰσφημῐ́αι
hai blasphēmíai
Genitive τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς
tês blasphēmíās		 τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν
toîn blasphēmíain		 τῶν βλᾰσφημῐῶν
tôn blasphēmiôn
Dative τῇ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾳ
têi blasphēmíāi		 τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν
toîn blasphēmíain		 ταῖς βλᾰσφημῐ́αις
taîs blasphēmíais
Accusative τὴν βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱν
tḕn blasphēmíān		 τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
tṑ blasphēmíā		 τᾱ̀ς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s blasphēmíās
Vocative βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
blasphēmíā		 βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
blasphēmíā		 βλᾰσφημῐ́αι
blasphēmíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: blasphēmia (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the roots *blas-, *mlas- from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to deceive”) + φημί (phēmí, “I say”).

Noun

βλασφημία • (vlasfimía) f

  1. blasphemy

Declension
declension of βλασφημία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βλασφημία • βλασφημίες •
genitive βλασφημίας • βλασφημιών •
accusative βλασφημία • βλασφημίες •
vocative βλασφημία • βλασφημίες •
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