αρχαιολογία
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See also: ἀρχαιολογία
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “book of old stories, legends, traditions; written account of history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, thought, explanation”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix), with semantic loan from French archéologie (“archæology; the scientific study of the past”) and antique.[1] By surface analysis, αρχαιο- (archaio-) + -λογία (-logía).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]αρχαιολογία • (archaiología) f (plural αρχαιολογίες)
- archaeology (UK), archeology (chiefly US)
- Synonym: αρχαιολ. (archaiol.)
- (figurative) antique, very old object
- (figurative) elderly person with antiquated notions
Declension
[edit]Declension of αρχαιολογία
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | αρχαιολογία • | αρχαιολογίες • |
| genitive | αρχαιολογίας • | αρχαιολογιών • |
| accusative | αρχαιολογία • | αρχαιολογίες • |
| vocative | αρχαιολογία • | αρχαιολογίες • |
Related terms
[edit]- see: αρχαίος (archaíos, “ancient, very old”, adjective)
References
[edit]- ^ αρχαιολογία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]
αρχαιολογία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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- Greek semantic loans from French
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- Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία'
- el:Archaeology