ἐξήγησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.sɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.sis/ → /ekˈsi.ʝi.sis/ → /ekˈsi.ʝi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.sɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈse̝.ɡe̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsi.ʝi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsi.ʝi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈsi.ʝi.sis/

Noun

ἐξήγησῐς • (exḗgēsis) f (genitive ἐξηγήσεως); third declension

1. narration
2. interpretation, explanation

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐξήγησῐς; τῆς ἐξηγήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐξήγησῐς hē exḗgēsis	τὼ ἐξηγήσει tṑ exēgḗsei	αἱ ἐξηγήσεις hai exēgḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐξηγήσεως tês exēgḗseōs	τοῖν ἐξηγησέοιν toîn exēgēséoin	τῶν ἐξηγήσεων tôn exēgḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐξηγήσει têi exēgḗsei	τοῖν ἐξηγησέοιν toîn exēgēséoin	ταῖς ἐξηγήσεσῐ / ἐξηγήσεσῐν taîs exēgḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐξήγησῐν tḕn exḗgēsin	τὼ ἐξηγήσει tṑ exēgḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐξηγήσεις tā̀s exēgḗseis
Vocative	ἐξήγησῐ exḗgēsi	ἐξηγήσει exēgḗsei	ἐξηγήσεις exēgḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• δῐήγησῐς (diḗgēsis)

Descendants

• Greek: εξήγηση (exígisi)
• → English: exegesis
• → French: exégèse

Further reading

• “ἐξήγησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐξήγησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐξήγησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • comment idem, page 147.
  • explanation idem, page 294.
  • illustration idem, page 416.
  • inception idem, page 427.
  • interpretation idem, page 452.
  • rendering idem, page 694.
  • statement idem, page 812.