Etymology

From διαβάλλω (diabállō, “to calumniate”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix)Category:Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (o-grade)#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗ.

Pronunciation

Noun

δῐᾰβολή • (dĭăbolḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰβολῆς)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Ancient Greek oxytone terms#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Ancient Greek first-declension nouns#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗ; first declension

1. calumny, slander, defamation

Further reading

• “διαβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαβολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• διαβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abuse idem, page 5.
  • backbiting idem, page 58.
  • calumny idem, page 110.
  • defamation idem, page 203.
  • depreciation idem, page 213.
  • detraction idem, page 219.
  • disparagement idem, page 236.
  • invective idem, page 456.
  • misrepresentation idem, page 535.
  • obloquy idem, page 566.
  • scandal idem, page 737.
  • scurrility idem, page 743.
  • slander idem, page 782.