παῦσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παύω (paúō, “stop, end”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pâu̯.sis/ → /ˈpaɸ.sis/ → /ˈpaf.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pâu̯.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʍ.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɸ.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpaf.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpaf.sis/

Noun

παῦσῐς • (paûsis) f (genitive παύσεως); third declension

1. stopping, ceasing
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Jeremiah 31.2

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ παῦσῐς; τῆς παύσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παῦσῐς hē paûsis	τὼ παύσει tṑ paúsei	αἱ παύσεις hai paúseis
Genitive	τῆς παύσεως tês paúseōs	τοῖν παυσέοιν toîn pauséoin	τῶν παύσεων tôn paúseōn
Dative	τῇ παύσει têi paúsei	τοῖν παυσέοιν toîn pauséoin	ταῖς παύσεσῐ / παύσεσῐν taîs paúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν παῦσῐν tḕn paûsin	τὼ παύσει tṑ paúsei	τᾱ̀ς παύσεις tā̀s paúseis
Vocative	παῦσῐ paûsi	παύσει paúsei	παύσεις paúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνάπαυσις (anápausis)
• κατάπαυσις (katápausis)
• παυσίκακος (pausíkakos)
• παυσικάπη (pausikápē)
• παυσίλυπος (pausílupos)
• παυσίνοσος (pausínosos)
• παυσινύσταλος (pausinústalos)
• παυσίπονος (pausíponos)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: pausa (see there for further descendants)
• Greek: παύση (páfsi)

References

• “παῦσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παῦσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette