ἰδιοσυγκρασία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῐ̓δῐοσῠ́γκρᾱσῐς (idiosúnkrāsis)
  • ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρῐσῐ́ᾱ (idiosunkrisíā)

Etymology

From ῐ̓́δῐος (ídios, peculiar) + σῠν- (sun-, with) + κρᾶσῐς (krâsis, mixture) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ • (idiosunkrāsíā) f (genitive ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. peculiar temperament or habit, idiosyncrasy

Inflection

Descendants

  • Catalan: idiosincràsia (learned)
  • English: idiosyncrasy (learned)
  • French: idiosyncrasie (learned)

References

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