πτῶσις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From πῑ́πτω (pī́ptō, I fall) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πτῶσῐς (ptôsisf (genitive πτώσεως); third declension

  1. falling, a fall
    • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 604c:
      ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων
      hṓsper en ptṓsei kúbōn
      as it were in the fall of the dice
  2. (grammar) case
  3. (grammar) inflection
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1457a.18:
      τὸ γὰρ ἐβάδισεν; ἢ βάδιζε πτῶσις ῥήματος κατὰ ταῦτα τὰ εἴδη ἐστίν.
      tò gàr ebádisen? ḕ bádize ptôsis rhḗmatos katà taûta tà eídē estín.
      "Walked" and "Walk!" are verbal conjugations of this kind.
  4. arrangement of terms in a syllogism

Inflection

Hyponyms

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Descendants

  • Greek: πτώση (ptósi)
  • Latin: cāsus (calque)

References