ἐπένθεσις
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ἐπεντῐ́θημῐ (epentíthēmi, “I insert”) + -σῐς (-sis, verbal noun suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pén.tʰe.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpen.tʰe.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/
Noun[edit]
ἐπένθεσῐς • (epénthesis) f (genitive ἐπενθέσεως); third declension
- (grammar) Insertion of a letter
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐπένθεσῐς hē epénthesis |
τὼ ἐπενθέσει tṑ epenthései |
αἱ ἐπενθέσεις hai epenthéseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐπενθέσεως tês epenthéseōs |
τοῖν ἐπενθεσέοιν toîn epentheséoin |
τῶν ἐπενθέσεων tôn epenthéseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐπενθέσει têi epenthései |
τοῖν ἐπενθεσέοιν toîn epentheséoin |
ταῖς ἐπενθέσεσῐ / ἐπενθέσεσῐν taîs epenthésesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐπένθεσῐν tḕn epénthesin |
τὼ ἐπενθέσει tṑ epenthései |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπενθέσεις tā̀s epenthéseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπένθεσῐ epénthesi |
ἐπενθέσει epenthései |
ἐπενθέσεις epenthéseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós)
Further reading[edit]
- “ἐπένθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπένθεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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