διχοτομία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διχότομος (dikhótomos, “cut in two”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ • (dikhotomíā) f (genitive δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (of the moon's quarter) dividing in two
  2. bisection, point of bisection
  3. point of division between wings of army
  4. (logic) division in two parts, dichotomy

Inflection
First declension of ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
hē dikhotomíā		 τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
tṑ dikhotomíā		 αἱ δῐχοτομῐ́αι
hai dikhotomíai
Genitive τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς
tês dikhotomíās		 τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν
toîn dikhotomíain		 τῶν δῐχοτομῐῶν
tôn dikhotomiôn
Dative τῇ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾳ
têi dikhotomíāi		 τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν
toîn dikhotomíain		 ταῖς δῐχοτομῐ́αις
taîs dikhotomíais
Accusative τὴν δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱν
tḕn dikhotomíān		 τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
tṑ dikhotomíā		 τᾱ̀ς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s dikhotomíās
Vocative δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
dikhotomíā		 δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
dikhotomíā		 δῐχοτομῐ́αι
dikhotomíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → English: dichotomy
  • → German: Dichotomie
  • → Italian: dicotomia
  • → Spanish: dicotomía

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