ἔγκλισις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκλίνω (enklínō, to incline) + -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔγκλῐσῐς (énklisis) f (genitive ἐγκλῐ́σεως); third declension

  1. inclination; slope
  2. defeat, failure
  3. (medicine) displacement
  4. (grammar) mood of a verb
  5. (grammar) change of acute accent to grave accent
  6. (grammar, generally) inflection of derivative forms

Inflection

  • ἐγκλῐσῐκός (enklisikós)

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