ἐλάττωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλαττόω (elattóō), Attic variant of ἐλασσόω (elassóō, “to make smaller, lessen”), + -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.lát.tɔː.sis/ → /eˈlat.to.sis/ → /eˈla.to.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lát.tɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈlat.to.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈlat.to.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈlat.to.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈla.to.sis/

Noun

ἐλάττωσῐς • (eláttōsis) f (genitive ἐλαττώσεως); third declension

1. making smaller or less, lessening
2. depreciation, disparagement
3. defeat
4. fault, defect
5. loss (of health or property)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐλάττωσῐς; τῆς ἐλαττώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐλάττωσῐς hē eláttōsis	τὼ ἐλαττώσει tṑ elattṓsei	αἱ ἐλαττώσεις hai elattṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐλαττώσεως tês elattṓseōs	τοῖν ἐλαττωσέοιν toîn elattōséoin	τῶν ἐλαττώσεων tôn elattṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐλαττώσει têi elattṓsei	τοῖν ἐλαττωσέοιν toîn elattōséoin	ταῖς ἐλαττώσεσῐ / ἐλαττώσεσῐν taîs elattṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐλάττωσῐν tḕn eláttōsin	τὼ ἐλαττώσει tṑ elattṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐλαττώσεις tā̀s elattṓseis
Vocative	ἐλάττωσῐ eláttōsi	ἐλαττώσει elattṓsei	ἐλαττώσεις elattṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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