κατάχρησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταχράομαι (katakhráomai) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tá.kʰrɛː.sis/ → /kaˈta.xri.sis/ → /kaˈta.xri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tá.kʰrɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.kʰre̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/

Noun

κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐς • (kătắkhrēsĭs) f (genitive κᾰτᾰχρήσεως); third declension

1. (lexicography) analogical use of a word

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐς; τῆς κᾰτᾰχρήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐς hē kătắkhrēsĭs	τὼ κᾰτᾰχρήσει tṑ kătăkhrḗsei	αἱ κᾰτᾰχρήσεις hai kătăkhrḗseis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτᾰχρήσεως tês kătăkhrḗseōs	τοῖν κᾰτᾰχρησέοιν toîn kătăkhrēséoin	τῶν κᾰτᾰχρήσεων tôn kătăkhrḗseōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτᾰχρήσει tēî kătăkhrḗsei	τοῖν κᾰτᾰχρησέοιν toîn kătăkhrēséoin	ταῖς κᾰτᾰχρήσεσῐ / κᾰτᾰχρήσεσῐν taîs kătăkhrḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐν tḕn kătắkhrēsĭn	τὼ κᾰτᾰχρήσει tṑ kătăkhrḗsei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰχρήσεις tā̀s kătăkhrḗseis
Vocative	κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐ kătắkhrēsĭ	κᾰτᾰχρήσει kătăkhrḗsei	κᾰτᾰχρήσεις kătăkhrḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κατάχρηση (katáchrisi)
• → Latin: catachrēsis f
  • → English: catachresis
  • → French: catachrèse f

Further reading

• “κατάχρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κατάχρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κατάχρησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette