ἄνεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνίημι (aníēmi, “let go, loose”) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ne.sis/ → /ˈa.ne.sis/ → /ˈa.ne.sis/

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

Noun

ᾰ̓́νεσῐς • (ánesis) f (genitive ᾰ̓νέσεως); third declension

1. a loosening, relaxing
2. remission, abatement
3. relaxation, recreation
4. indulgence, license

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́νεσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓νέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́νεσῐς hē ánesis	τὼ ᾰ̓νέσει tṑ anései	αἱ ᾰ̓νέσεις hai anéseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νέσεως tês anéseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νεσέοιν toîn aneséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νέσεων tôn anéseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νέσει têi anései	τοῖν ᾰ̓νεσέοιν toîn aneséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓νέσεσῐ / ᾰ̓νέσεσῐν taîs anésesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́νεσῐν tḕn ánesin	τὼ ᾰ̓νέσει tṑ anései	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νέσεις tā̀s anéseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́νεσῐ ánesi	ᾰ̓νέσει anései	ᾰ̓νέσεις anéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• (remission, abatement): παροξυσμός (paroxusmós)

Descendants

• Greek: άνεση (ánesi)

Further reading

• “ἄνεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄνεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄνεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄνεσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G425 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • commutation idem, page 149.
  • licence idem, page 488.
  • looseness idem, page 500.
  • loosening idem, page 500.
  • modification idem, page 538.
  • relaxation idem, page 690.
  • remission idem, page 693.
  • slackening idem, page 782.