παρουσία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρών (parṓn, “present”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ruː.sí.aː/ → /pa.ruˈsi.a/ → /pa.ruˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ruː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ruˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ruˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ruˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ruˈsi.a/

Noun

πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ • (parousíā) f (genitive πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. presence
   1. arrival, especially a visit of a royal or official person
   2. occasion
   3. (Christianity) the advent, second coming
   4. (astrology) situation of a planet at a point on the zodiac
2. substance, property
   1. monetary contribution

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ hē parousíā	τὼ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ parousíā	αἱ πᾰρουσῐ́αι hai parousíai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱς tês parousíās	τοῖν πᾰρουσῐ́αιν toîn parousíain	τῶν πᾰρουσῐῶν tôn parousiôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾳ têi parousíāi	τοῖν πᾰρουσῐ́αιν toîn parousíain	ταῖς πᾰρουσῐ́αις taîs parousíais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱν tḕn parousíān	τὼ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ parousíā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s parousíās
Vocative	πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ parousíā	πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ parousíā	πᾰρουσῐ́αι parousíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: parousie
• Greek: παρουσία (parousía)

Further reading

• “παρουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3952 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía)

Noun

παρουσία • (parousía) f (plural παρουσίες)

1. presence (being present)

Declension

Declension of παρουσία

	singular	plural
nominative	παρουσία •	παρουσίες •
genitive	παρουσίας •	παρουσιών •
accusative	παρουσία •	παρουσίες •
vocative	παρουσία •	παρουσίες •

Related terms

• παρουσιάζω (parousiázo, “to be present”)