δεῖξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show, point out”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dêːk.sis/ → /ˈðik.sis/ → /ˈðik.sis/

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

Noun

δεῖξῐς • (deîxis) f (genitive δείξεως); third declension

1. mode of proof
   1. proof, specimen
2. display, exhibition
3. (grammar) demonstrative force, reference

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δεῖξῐς; τῆς δείξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δεῖξῐς hē deîxis	τὼ δείξει tṑ deíxei	αἱ δείξεις hai deíxeis
Genitive	τῆς δείξεως tês deíxeōs	τοῖν δειξέοιν toîn deixéoin	τῶν δείξεων tôn deíxeōn
Dative	τῇ δείξει têi deíxei	τοῖν δειξέοιν toîn deixéoin	ταῖς δείξεσῐ / δείξεσῐν taîs deíxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δεῖξῐν tḕn deîxin	τὼ δείξει tṑ deíxei	τᾱ̀ς δείξεις tā̀s deíxeis
Vocative	δεῖξῐ deîxi	δείξει deíxei	δείξεις deíxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Related terms

• ἀνάδειξις (anádeixis)
• ἀντένδειξις (anténdeixis)
• ἀντίδειξις (antídeixis)
• ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis)
• δεικτικός (deiktikós)
• ἔνδειξις (éndeixis)
• ἐπίδειξις (epídeixis)
• παράδειξις (parádeixis)
• συναπόδειξις (sunapódeixis)
• ὑπόδειξις (hupódeixis)

References

• “δεῖξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δεῖξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δεῖξις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)