ἀνάλυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unravel, investigate”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.ly.sis/ → /aˈna.ly.sis/ → /aˈna.li.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ná.ly.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈna.ly.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.ly.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.ly.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.li.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́λῠσῐς • (ănắlŭsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰλῠ́σεως); third declension

1. a loosing, releasing
2. a dissolving, resolution of a whole into its parts, analysis
3. (in Aristotle's Logic) the reduction of the imperfect figures into the perfect one
4. the solution of a problem
5. retrogression, retirement, departure

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀνάλυσῐς; τῆς ἀναλύσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνάλυσῐς hē análusĭs	τὼ ἀναλύσει tṑ analúsei	αἱ ἀναλύσεις hai analúseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀναλύσεως tês analúseōs	τοῖν ἀναλυσέοιν toîn analuséoin	τῶν ἀναλύσεων tôn analúseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀναλύσει tēî analúsei	τοῖν ἀναλυσέοιν toîn analuséoin	ταῖς ἀναλύσεσῐ / ἀναλύσεσῐν taîs analúsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀνάλυσῐν tḕn análusĭn	τὼ ἀναλύσει tṑ analúsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀναλύσεις tā̀s analúseis
Vocative	ἀνάλυσῐ análusĭ	ἀναλύσει analúsei	ἀναλύσεις analúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• σύνθεσις (súnthesis)

Derived terms

• ἀνᾰλῠτῐκός (anălŭtĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: ανάλυση (análysi)
• → Latin: analysis (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἀνάλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνάλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνάλυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάλυσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• G359 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀνάλυσις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften