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Ancient Greek

Alternative spellings

  • ἱστορίη (Ionic)

Etymology

From ἱστορέω "I inquire" < ἵστωρ "witness".

Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [historíaː]
  • (Koine): IPA: [histo̞rˈiaː]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [istorˈia]

Noun

ἱστορία (genitive ἱστορίας) f, first declension; (historiā)

  1. inquiry, examination, systematic observation, science
  2. Body of knowledge obtained by systematic inquiry
  3. Written account of such inquiries, narrative, history

Inflection

References


Greek

Alternative spellings

Noun

ἱστορία f.

  1. history







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