ἔμφασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”, from ἐν- (en-) +‎ φαίνω (phaínō)) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ém.pʰa.sis/ → /ˈem.ɸa.sis/ → /ˈem.fa.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ém.pʰa.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈem.pʰa.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈem.ɸa.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈem.fa.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈem.fa.sis/

Noun

ἔμφᾰσῐς • (émphasis) f (genitive ἐμφᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. appearance
2. outward appearance, reflection, image
3. setting forth, narrative, proof
4. (rhetoric) significance, emphasis, force
5. moral (of a story)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔμφᾰσῐς; τῆς ἐμφᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔμφᾰσῐς hē émphasis	τὼ ἐμφᾰ́σει tṑ emphásei	αἱ ἐμφᾰ́σεις hai empháseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐμφᾰ́σεως tês empháseōs	τοῖν ἐμφᾰσέοιν toîn emphaséoin	τῶν ἐμφᾰ́σεων tôn empháseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐμφᾰ́σει têi emphásei	τοῖν ἐμφᾰσέοιν toîn emphaséoin	ταῖς ἐμφᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐμφᾰ́σεσῐν taîs emphásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔμφᾰσῐν tḕn émphasin	τὼ ἐμφᾰ́σει tṑ emphásei	τᾱ̀ς ἐμφᾰ́σεις tā̀s empháseis
Vocative	ἔμφᾰσῐ émphasi	ἐμφᾰ́σει emphásei	ἐμφᾰ́σεις empháseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: emphasis
• French: emphase
• Portuguese: ênfase
• Spanish: énfasis
• Catalan: èmfasi

References

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