διάζησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰζάω (diazáō, “live through”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.áz.dɛː.sis/ → /ðiˈa.zi.sis/ → /ðiˈa.zi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.áz.dɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ze̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zi.sis/

Noun

δῐᾰ́ζησῐς • (diázēsis) f (genitive δῐᾰζήσεως); third declension

1. a way of living
   • 300 CE – 500 CE, Stobaeus, Physical and Moral Extracts 2.378

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́ζησῐς; τῆς δῐᾰζήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́ζησῐς hē diázēsis	τὼ δῐᾰζήσει tṑ diazḗsei	αἱ δῐᾰζήσεις hai diazḗseis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰζήσεως tês diazḗseōs	τοῖν δῐᾰζησέοιν toîn diazēséoin	τῶν δῐᾰζήσεων tôn diazḗseōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰζήσει têi diazḗsei	τοῖν δῐᾰζησέοιν toîn diazēséoin	ταῖς δῐᾰζήσεσῐ / δῐᾰζήσεσῐν taîs diazḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́ζησῐν tḕn diázēsin	τὼ δῐᾰζήσει tṑ diazḗsei	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰζήσεις tā̀s diazḗseis
Vocative	δῐᾰ́ζησῐ diázēsi	δῐᾰζήσει diazḗsei	δῐᾰζήσεις diazḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• scientific Latin: Coelodiazesis

References

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