ἐπένθεσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπεντῐ́θημῐ (epentíthēmi, “I insert”) + -σῐς (-sis, verbal noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pén.tʰe.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈpɛn.tʰɛ.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/
Noun
ἐπένθεσῐς • (epénthesis) f (genitive ἐπενθέσεως); third declension
- (grammar) Insertion of a letter
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐπένθεσῐς hē epénthesis |
τὼ ἐπενθέσει tṑ epenthései |
αἱ ἐπενθέσεις hai epenthéseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐπενθέσεως tês epenthéseōs |
τοῖν ἐπενθεσέοιν toîn epentheséoin |
τῶν ἐπενθέσεων tôn epenthéseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐπενθέσει têi epenthései |
τοῖν ἐπενθεσέοιν toîn epentheséoin |
ταῖς ἐπενθέσεσῐ / ἐπενθέσεσῐν taîs epenthésesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐπένθεσῐν tḕn epénthesin |
τὼ ἐπενθέσει tṑ epenthései |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπενθέσεις tā̀s epenthéseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπένθεσῐ epénthesi |
ἐπενθέσει epenthései |
ἐπενθέσεις epenthéseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós)
Further reading
- ἐπένθεσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπένθεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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