στάξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στάζω (stázō, “I drop”) +‎ -σις (-sis, suffix to form a feminine noun).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sták.sis/ → /ˈstak.sis/ → /ˈstak.sis/

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

Noun

στάξῐς • (stáxis) f (genitive στάξεως); third declension

1. dropping, dripping (e.g. of blood from the nose)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στᾰ́ξῐς; τῆς στᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στᾰ́ξῐς hē stáxis	τὼ στᾰ́ξει tṑ stáxei	αἱ στᾰ́ξεις hai stáxeis
Genitive	τῆς στᾰ́ξεως tês stáxeōs	τοῖν στᾰξέοιν toîn staxéoin	τῶν στᾰ́ξεων tôn stáxeōn
Dative	τῇ στᾰ́ξει têi stáxei	τοῖν στᾰξέοιν toîn staxéoin	ταῖς στᾰ́ξεσῐ / στᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs stáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν στᾰ́ξῐν tḕn stáxin	τὼ στᾰ́ξει tṑ stáxei	τᾱ̀ς στᾰ́ξεις tā̀s stáxeis
Vocative	στᾰ́ξῐ stáxi	στᾰ́ξει stáxei	στᾰ́ξεις stáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπίσταξις (epístaxis, “nosebleed”)

Further reading

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