ἀνάβρωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀναβιβρώσκω (anabibrṓskō, “I eat”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.brɔː.sis/ → /aˈna.βro.sis/ → /aˈna.vro.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ná.brɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈna.bro.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.βro.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.vro.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.vro.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐς • (anábrōsis) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεως); third declension

1. corrosion or erosion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐς hē anábrōsis	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσει tṑ anabrṓsei	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεις hai anabrṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεως tês anabrṓseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰβρωσέοιν toîn anabrōséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεων tôn anabrṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσει têi anabrṓsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰβρωσέοιν toîn anabrōséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεσῐ / ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεσῐν taîs anabrṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐν tḕn anábrōsin	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσει tṑ anabrṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεις tā̀s anabrṓseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰ́βρωσῐ anábrōsi	ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσει anabrṓsei	ᾰ̓νᾰβρώσεις anabrṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓νᾰβρωτῐκός (anabrōtikós)

References

• “ἀνάβρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνάβρωσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάβρωσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)