πτῶσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῑ́πτω (pī́ptō, I fall) + -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πτῶσῐς (ptôsis) f (genitive πτώσεως); third declension

  1. falling, a fall
    • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 604c:
      ὥσπερ ἐν πτώσει κύβων
      hṓsper en ptṓsei kúbōn
      as it were in the fall of the dice
  2. (grammar) case
  3. (grammar) inflection
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1457a.18:
      τὸ γὰρ ἐβάδισεν; ἢ βάδιζε πτῶσις ῥήματος κατὰ ταῦτα τὰ εἴδη ἐστίν.
      tò gàr ebádisen? ḕ bádize ptôsis rhḗmatos katà taûta tà eídē estín.
      "Walked" and "Walk!" are verbal conjugations of this kind.
  4. arrangement of terms in a syllogism

Inflection

Hyponyms

  • ᾰ̓νᾰ́πτωσῐς (anáptōsis)
  • ᾰ̓ντῐ́πτωσῐς (antíptōsis)
  • ᾰ̓πόπτωσῐς (apóptōsis)
  • δῐᾰ́πτωσῐς (diáptōsis)
  • ἔκπτωσῐς (ékptōsis)
  • ἔμπτωσῐς (émptōsis)
  • ἐπῐ́πτωσῐς (epíptōsis)
  • κᾰτᾰ́πτωσῐς (katáptōsis)
  • μετᾰ́πτωσῐς (metáptōsis)
  • ὀρθόπτωσῐς (orthóptōsis)
  • πᾰρᾰ́πτωσῐς (paráptōsis)
  • περῐ́πτωσῐς (períptōsis)
  • πλᾰγῐ́ᾱ (plagíā)
  • πρόπτωσῐς (próptōsis)
  • πρόσπτωσῐς (prósptōsis)
  • σῠ́μπτωσῐς (súmptōsis)
  • ῠ̔πόπτωσῐς (hupóptōsis)

Descendants

  • Greek: πτώση (ptósi)
  • Latin: cāsus (calque)
    • Old Church Slavonic: падежь (padežĭ) (calque)

References

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