ἐξέτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξετᾰ́ζω (exetázō, “to examine, scrutinize, review”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.sé.ta.sis/ → /ekˈse.ta.sis/ → /ekˈse.ta.sis/

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

Noun

ἐξέτᾰσῐς • (exétasis) f (genitive ἐξετᾰ́σεως); third declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

1. close examination, scrutiny, test, inquiry
2. military inspection or review
3. arrangement, order

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐξέτᾰσῐς; τῆς ἐξετᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐξέτᾰσῐς hē exétasis	τὼ ἐξετᾰ́σει tṑ exetásei	αἱ ἐξετᾰ́σεις hai exetáseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐξετᾰ́σεως tês exetáseōs	τοῖν ἐξετᾰσέοιν toîn exetaséoin	τῶν ἐξετᾰ́σεων tôn exetáseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐξετᾰ́σει têi exetásei	τοῖν ἐξετᾰσέοιν toîn exetaséoin	ταῖς ἐξετᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐξετᾰ́σεσῐν taîs exetásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐξέτᾰσῐν tḕn exétasin	τὼ ἐξετᾰ́σει tṑ exetásei	τᾱ̀ς ἐξετᾰ́σεις tā̀s exetáseis
Vocative	ἐξέτᾰσῐ exétasi	ἐξετᾰ́σει exetásei	ἐξετᾰ́σεις exetáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: εξέταση (exétasi)

Further reading

• “ἐξέτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐξέτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐξέτασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette