-σις
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sis"
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier -τις (-tis) (retained after dentals), from Proto-Indo-European *-tis. The *t changed to *s by assibilation and palatalization, triggered by the following *i. Cognates include Latin -tiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sis/
Suffix
[edit]-σῐς • (-sĭs) f (genitive -σεως or -σῐος or -σηος); third declension
- Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result
Declension
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -σῐς -sĭs |
-σει -sei |
-σεις -seis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -σεως -seōs |
-σέοιν -séoin |
-σεων -seōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -σει -sei |
-σέοιν -séoin |
-σεσῐ / -σεσῐν -sesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -σῐν -sĭn |
-σει -sei |
-σεις -seis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -σῐ -sĭ |
-σει -sei |
-σεις -seis | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -σῐς -sĭs |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐες -sĭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -σῐος -sĭos |
-σῐ́οιν -sĭ́oin |
-σῐ́ων -sĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -σῑ -sī |
-σῐ́οιν -sĭ́oin |
-σῐσῐ / -σῐσῐν -sĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -σῐν -sĭn |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῑς / -σῐᾰς -sīs / -sĭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -σῐ -sĭ |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐες -sĭes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -σῐς -sĭs |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐες / -σηες -sĭes / -sēes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -σῐος / -σηος -sĭos / -sēos |
-σῐ́οιῐ̈ν -sĭ́oiĭ̈n |
-σῐ́ων -sĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -σῐῐ̈ / -σῑ / -σηῐ̈ / -σει -sĭĭ̈ / -sī / -sēĭ̈ / -sei |
-σῐ́οιῐ̈ν -sĭ́oiĭ̈n |
-σῐ́εσῐ / -σῐ́εσῐν / -σεσσῐ / -σεσσῐν / -σῐσῐ / -σῐσῐν -sĭ́esĭ(n) / -sessĭ(n) / -sĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -σῐν -sĭn |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐᾰς / -σηᾰς / -σῑς -sĭăs / -sēăs / -sīs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -σῐ -sĭ |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐες / -σηες -sĭes / -sēes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- -σῐ́ᾱ (-sĭ́ā)
References
[edit]- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.2
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- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek suffixes
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- Ancient Greek noun-forming suffixes
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek feminine suffixes