πτύξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτύσσω (ptússō, “I fold”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptýk.sis/ → /ˈptyk.sis/ → /ˈptik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ptýk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈptyk.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈptyk.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈptyk.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈptik.sis/

Noun

πτύξῐς • (ptúxis) f (genitive πτύξεως); third declension

1. A folding; a corrugation

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πτῠ́ξῐς; τῆς πτῠ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πτῠ́ξῐς hē ptúxis	τὼ πτῠ́ξει tṑ ptúxei	αἱ πτῠ́ξεις hai ptúxeis
Genitive	τῆς πτῠ́ξεως tês ptúxeōs	τοῖν πτῠξέοιν toîn ptuxéoin	τῶν πτῠ́ξεων tôn ptúxeōn
Dative	τῇ πτῠ́ξει têi ptúxei	τοῖν πτῠξέοιν toîn ptuxéoin	ταῖς πτῠ́ξεσῐ / πτῠ́ξεσῐν taîs ptúxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πτῠ́ξῐν tḕn ptúxin	τὼ πτῠ́ξει tṑ ptúxei	τᾱ̀ς πτῠ́ξεις tā̀s ptúxeis
Vocative	πτῠ́ξῐ ptúxi	πτῠ́ξει ptúxei	πτῠ́ξεις ptúxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πτύξ (ptúx)

References

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