λοῦσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λούω (loúō, “I bathe”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lûː.sis/ → /ˈlu.sis/ → /ˈlu.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lûː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.sis/

Noun

λοῦσῐς • (loûsis) f (genitive λούσεως); third declension

1. washing, bathing
2. cleaning

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λοῦσῐς; τῆς λούσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λοῦσῐς hē loûsis	τὼ λούσει tṑ loúsei	αἱ λούσεις hai loúseis
Genitive	τῆς λούσεως tês loúseōs	τοῖν λουσέοιν toîn louséoin	τῶν λούσεων tôn loúseōn
Dative	τῇ λούσει têi loúsei	τοῖν λουσέοιν toîn louséoin	ταῖς λούσεσῐ / λούσεσῐν taîs loúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λοῦσῐν tḕn loûsin	τὼ λούσει tṑ loúsei	τᾱ̀ς λούσεις tā̀s loúseis
Vocative	λοῦσῐ loûsi	λούσει loúsei	λούσεις loúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: gastrolusi, pirolusite

References

• “λοῦσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λοῦσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette