basis

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (basis).[1]

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[edit] Noun

Singular
basis

Plural
bases or (rare) baseis

basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis)

  1. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
  2. An underlying condition or circumstance.
  3. (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
  4. (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.

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  • (starting point for discussion): base

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  • Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1basis” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

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basis f. (plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje, diminutive plural basisjes)

  1. basis
  2. base

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάσις (basis), foundation, base).

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basis (genitive basis); f, third declension

  1. A pedestal, foot, base; basis, foundation.
  2. (architecture) The lowest part of the shaft of a column.
  3. (grammar) The primitive word, root.
  4. (of cattle) A track, footprint.

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Note that there are the alternative forms baseos for the genitive singular basis, baseī for the ablative singular and baseis for the accusative plural.

Number Singular Plural
nominative basis basēs
genitive basis basium
dative basī basibus
accusative basim

basem

basīs

basēs

ablative basī

base

basibus
vocative basis basēs

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[edit] References

  • basis” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)