ἐμφύτευσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμφυτεύω (emphuteúō, “to implant, engraft”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pʰý.teu̯.sis/ → /emˈɸy.teɸ.sis/ → /emˈfi.tef.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pʰý.teu̯.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpʰy.tew.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈɸy.teɸ.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈfy.tef.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈfi.tef.sis/

Noun

ἐμφύτευσῐς • (emphúteusis) f (genitive ἐμφῠτεύσεως); third declension

1. tenure of an ἐμφύτευμα (emphúteuma), a type of hereditary leasehold in Roman law

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐμφῠ́τευσῐς; τῆς ἐμφῠτεύσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐμφῠ́τευσῐς hē emphúteusis	τὼ ἐμφῠτεύσει tṑ emphuteúsei	αἱ ἐμφῠτεύσεις hai emphuteúseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐμφῠτεύσεως tês emphuteúseōs	τοῖν ἐμφῠτευσέοιν toîn emphuteuséoin	τῶν ἐμφῠτεύσεων tôn emphuteúseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐμφῠτεύσει têi emphuteúsei	τοῖν ἐμφῠτευσέοιν toîn emphuteuséoin	ταῖς ἐμφῠτεύσεσῐ / ἐμφῠτεύσεσῐν taîs emphuteúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐμφῠ́τευσῐν tḕn emphúteusin	τὼ ἐμφῠτεύσει tṑ emphuteúsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐμφῠτεύσεις tā̀s emphuteúseis
Vocative	ἐμφῠ́τευσῐ emphúteusi	ἐμφῠτεύσει emphuteúsei	ἐμφῠτεύσεις emphuteúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: emphyteusis
• → Italian: enfiteusi

Further reading

• “ἐμφύτευσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐμφύτευσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐμφύτευσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)