hamartia
/həˈmɑː.ti.ə/ · noun
Meaning
- The tragic flaw of the protagonist in a literary tragedy.
- Sin.
- A focal malformation consisting of disorganized arrangement of tissue types.
Etymology / origin
From Ancient Greek ἁμαρτία (hamartía, “tragic failure, sinful nature”), from the verb ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”).
- ἁμαρτία(Ancient Greek)→
- hamartia (English)
- Relations: der
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