αὐτοεπιθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὐτο- (auto-, “same, self”) +‎ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ (epĭthūmĭ́ā, “desire”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.to.e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /aɸ.to.e.pi.θyˈmi.a/ → /af.to.e.pi.θiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.to.e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.to.e.pi.tʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.to.e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.to.e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.to.e.pi.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (autoepĭthūmĭ́ā) f (genitive αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the Form of Desire
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Topics 6.8.7

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē autoepĭthūmĭ́ā	τὼ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ autoepĭthūmĭ́ā	αἱ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αι hai autoepĭthūmĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês autoepĭthūmĭ́ās	τοῖν αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn autoepĭthūmĭ́ain	τῶν αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐῶν tôn autoepĭthūmĭôn
Dative	τῇ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi autoepĭthūmĭ́āi	τοῖν αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn autoepĭthūmĭ́ain	ταῖς αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αις taîs autoepĭthūmĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn autoepĭthūmĭ́ān	τὼ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ autoepĭthūmĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s autoepĭthūmĭ́ās
Vocative	αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ autoepĭthūmĭ́ā	αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ autoepĭthūmĭ́ā	αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́αι autoepĭthūmĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς αὐτοεπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

References

• “αὐτοεπιθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αὐτοεπιθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐτοεπιθυμία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)