ὑφήγησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔φηγέομαι (huphēgéomai, “go just before, guide, lead”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pʰɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.sis/ → /yˈɸi.ʝi.sis/ → /iˈfi.ʝi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pʰɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpʰe̝.ɡe̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈɸi.ʝi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈfi.ʝi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈfi.ʝi.sis/

Noun

ῠ̔φήγησῐς • (huphḗgēsis) f (genitive ῠ̔φηγήσεως); third declension

1. leading, guidance
2. direction

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῠ̔φήγησῐς; τῆς ῠ̔φηγήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔φήγησῐς hē huphḗgēsis	τὼ ῠ̔φηγήσει tṑ huphēgḗsei	αἱ ῠ̔φηγήσεις hai huphēgḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔φηγήσεως tês huphēgḗseōs	τοῖν ῠ̔φηγησέοιν toîn huphēgēséoin	τῶν ῠ̔φηγήσεων tôn huphēgḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔φηγήσει têi huphēgḗsei	τοῖν ῠ̔φηγησέοιν toîn huphēgēséoin	ταῖς ῠ̔φηγήσεσῐ / ῠ̔φηγήσεσῐν taîs huphēgḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔φήγησῐν tḕn huphḗgēsin	τὼ ῠ̔φηγήσει tṑ huphēgḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔φηγήσεις tā̀s huphēgḗseis
Vocative	ῠ̔φήγησῐ huphḗgēsi	ῠ̔φηγήσει huphēgḗsei	ῠ̔φηγήσεις huphēgḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὑφήγησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press