ἤθησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From aorist stem ἤθη(σᾰ) (ḗthē(sa), “I sifted”) of verb ἠθέω (ēthéō, “I sift”) (contracted form ἠθῶ (ēthô)) + -σῐς (-sis) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. please confirm this lemma. ηθησ+ις/-εως or ηθη+σις/εως

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.tʰɛː.sis/ → /ˈi.θi.sis/ → /ˈi.θi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.tʰɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.tʰe̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/

Noun

ἤθησῐς • (ḗthēsis) f (genitive ἠθήσεως); third declension

1. riddling
   • Inscriptiones Graecae IV.1485.124.Epidaurus

Usage notes

• ἤθισις: probably wrong spelling at Aristotle (attributed), Problems 2.41.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἤθησῐς; τῆς ἠθήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἤθησῐς hē ḗthēsis	τὼ ἠθήσει tṑ ēthḗsei	αἱ ἠθήσεις hai ēthḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἠθήσεως tês ēthḗseōs	τοῖν ἠθησέοιν toîn ēthēséoin	τῶν ἠθήσεων tôn ēthḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἠθήσει têi ēthḗsei	τοῖν ἠθησέοιν toîn ēthēséoin	ταῖς ἠθήσεσῐ / ἠθήσεσῐν taîs ēthḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἤθησῐν tḕn ḗthēsin	τὼ ἠθήσει tṑ ēthḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἠθήσεις tā̀s ēthḗseis
Vocative	ἤθησῐ ḗthēsi	ἠθήσει ēthḗsei	ἠθήσεις ēthḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἤθημᾰ n (ḗthēma, “that which is sifted, stained”)
• and related terms at ἠθέω

See also

• διήθησῐς f (diḗthēsis) (Koine)
• ἡθμός m (hēthmós, “strainer, colander”)

Further reading

• “ἤθησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press