ακροβασία
Greek
editEtymology
editReborrowing from French acrobatie < acrobate, itself from Koine Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs) from ἄκρον (ákron, “peak”) -βάτης (-bátēs, “walker”) (not from ᾰ̓κρόβασις (akróbasis, “support e.g. foot of table”).[1]
For figurative sense, it is a calque of French faire des acrobaties.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editακροβασία • (akrovasía) f (plural ακροβασίες)
- (gymnastics) acrobatics (the art and the performance)
- Η ακροβασία και η σχοινοβασία είναι τέχνες του τσίρκου.
- I akrovasía kai i schoinovasía eínai téchnes tou tsírkou.
- Acrobatics and tightrope walking are arts of the circus.
- Synonym: ακροβατισμός (akrovatismós)
- any action or art which involves extreme skill
- (flying) aerial acrobatics, stunt flying
- αεροπορικές ακροβασίες ― aeroporikés akrovasíes ― aerial acrobatics
- (flying) aerial acrobatics, stunt flying
- (figuratively) acrobatics, risky behaviour, speech or actions based on unsound or dubious arguments
- πολιτικές ακροβασίες ― politikés akrovasíes ― political acrobatics
- λεκτικές/ρητορικές ακροβασίες ― lektikés/ritorikés akrovasíes ― speech/rhetoric acrobatics (sophistries)
Declension
edit| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ακροβασία (akrovasía) | ακροβασίες (akrovasíes) |
| genitive | ακροβασίας (akrovasías) | ακροβασιών (akrovasión) |
| accusative | ακροβασία (akrovasía) | ακροβασίες (akrovasíes) |
| vocative | ακροβασία (akrovasía) | ακροβασίες (akrovasíes) |
Related terms
edit- ακροβάτης m (akrovátis, “acrobatics”)
- ακροβατικός (akrovatikós, “acrobatic”)
- ακροβάτισσα f (akrovátissa, “acrobat”)
- ακροβατώ (akrovató, “perform acrobatics”)
- ισορροπιστής m (isorropistís, “balance artist, équilibriste”)
- σχοινοβάτης m (schoinovátis, “tightrope walker”)
References
edit- ^ ακροβασία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ ακροβασία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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