παράφρασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́ζω (paraphrázō, “to paraphrase”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rá.pʰra.sis/ → /paˈra.ɸra.sis/ → /paˈra.fra.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá.pʰra.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pʰra.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ɸra.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.fra.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.fra.sis/

Noun

πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐς • (paráphrasis) f (genitive πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. paraphrase

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐς; τῆς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐς hē paráphrasis	τὼ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει tṑ paraphrásei	αἱ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις hai paraphráseis
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεως tês paraphráseōs	τοῖν πᾰρᾰφρᾰσέοιν toîn paraphraséoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεων tôn paraphráseōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει têi paraphrásei	τοῖν πᾰρᾰφρᾰσέοιν toîn paraphraséoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεσῐ / πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεσῐν taîs paraphrásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐν tḕn paráphrasin	τὼ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει tṑ paraphrásei	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις tā̀s paraphráseis
Vocative	πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐ paráphrasi	πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει paraphrásei	πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις paraphráseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: paraphrasis

Further reading

• “παράφρασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παράφρασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette