βρῶσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “I eat”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βρῶσῐς • (brôsĭs) f (genitive βρώσεως); third declension

  1. the act of eating (food); eating a meal
  2. food that is eaten, or is to be eaten
  3. rust, corrosion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ βρῶσῐς; τῆς βρώσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βρῶσῐς
hē brôsĭs 		τὼ βρώσει
tṑ brṓsei 		αἱ βρώσεις
hai brṓseis
Genitive τῆς βρώσεως
tês brṓseōs 		τοῖν βρωσέοιν
toîn brōséoin 		τῶν βρώσεων
tôn brṓseōn
Dative τῇ βρώσει
tēî brṓsei 		τοῖν βρωσέοιν
toîn brōséoin 		ταῖς βρώσεσῐ / βρώσεσῐν
taîs brṓsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν βρῶσῐν
tḕn brôsĭn 		τὼ βρώσει
tṑ brṓsei 		τᾱ̀ς βρώσεις
tā̀s brṓseis
Vocative βρῶσῐ
brôsĭ 		βρώσει
brṓsei 		βρώσεις
brṓseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ἀνάβρωσις (anábrōsis)
  • διάβρωσις (diábrōsis)
  • κατάβρωσις (katábrōsis)
  • περίβρωσις (períbrōsis)

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