dioecesis
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di.oe̯ˈkeː.sis/, [di.oe̯ˈkeː.sɪs]
Noun
dioecēsis f (genitive dioecēsis or dioecēseōs or dioecēsios); third declension
- diocese
- circa 1590, Abraham Ortelius, Islandia (map):
- His notis diſtinguitur limes inter vtramq; dioeceſim.
- circa 1590, Abraham Ortelius, Islandia (map):
Declension
Third declension, Greek type, i-stem, with some consonant-stem forms.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dioecēsis | dioecēsēs dioecēseis dioecēsies |
| Genitive | dioecēsis dioecēseōs dioecēsios |
dioecēseōn dioecēsiōn dioecēsium |
| Dative | dioecēsī dioecēsei |
dioecēsibus dioecēsesi |
| Accusative | dioecēsim dioecēsin dioecēsem1 |
dioecēsēs dioecēseis dioecēsīs dioecēsias |
| Ablative | dioecēsī dioecēsei |
dioecēsibus dioecēsesi |
| Vocative | dioecēsis dioecēsi |
dioecēsēs dioecēseis dioecēsies |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
- In older New Latin the genitive is also spelled with the Greek letter omega as dioecēseωs in the singular and dioecēseωn in the plural.
References
- dioecesis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dĭœcēsis, is, f. in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dĭœcēsis, is, f. in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 531
- DIŒCESIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- “dioecēsis” on page 546/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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