σῆψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σήπω (sḗpō, “to make rotten”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̂ːp.sis/ → /ˈsip.sis/ → /ˈsip.sis/

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

Noun

σῆψῐς • (sêpsis) f (genitive σήψεως); third declension

1. putrefaction

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῆψῐς; τῆς σήψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῆψῐς hē sêpsis	τὼ σήψει tṑ sḗpsei	αἱ σήψεις hai sḗpseis
Genitive	τῆς σήψεως tês sḗpseōs	τοῖν σηψέοιν toîn sēpséoin	τῶν σήψεων tôn sḗpseōn
Dative	τῇ σήψει têi sḗpsei	τοῖν σηψέοιν toîn sēpséoin	ταῖς σήψεσῐ / σήψεσῐν taîs sḗpsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῆψῐν tḕn sêpsin	τὼ σήψει tṑ sḗpsei	τᾱ̀ς σήψεις tā̀s sḗpseis
Vocative	σῆψῐ sêpsi	σήψει sḗpsei	σήψεις sḗpseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: sepsis
• Greek: σήψη (sípsi)
• Portuguese: sepse, sépsis

References

• “σῆψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σῆψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette