παράφρασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́ζω (părăphrắzō, “to paraphrase”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

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 • (părắphrăsĭs) f (genitive πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. paraphrase

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐς; τῆς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐς hē părắphrăsĭs	τὼ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει tṑ părăphrắsei	αἱ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις hai părăphrắseis
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεως tês părăphrắseōs	τοῖν πᾰρᾰφρᾰσέοιν toîn părăphrăséoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεων tôn părăphrắseōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει tēî părăphrắsei	τοῖν πᾰρᾰφρᾰσέοιν toîn părăphrăséoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεσῐ / πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεσῐν taîs părăphrắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐν tḕn părắphrăsĭn	τὼ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει tṑ părăphrắsei	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις tā̀s părăphrắseis
Vocative	πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐ părắphrăsĭ	πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει părăphrắsei	πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις părăphrắseis
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