γεῦσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

γεύω (geúō) +‎ -σις (-sis).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γεῦσῐς • (geûsĭs) f (genitive γεύσεως); third declension

  1. sense of taste, tasting
  2. the action of tasting
  3. food
  4. taste, flavor
  5. back of the tongue

Declension

Third declension of ἡ γεῦσῐς; τῆς γεύσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γεῦσῐς
hē geûsĭs 		τὼ γεύσει
tṑ geúsei 		αἱ γεύσεις
hai geúseis
Genitive τῆς γεύσεως
tês geúseōs 		τοῖν γευσέοιν
toîn geuséoin 		τῶν γεύσεων
tôn geúseōn
Dative τῇ γεύσει
tēî geúsei 		τοῖν γευσέοιν
toîn geuséoin 		ταῖς γεύσεσῐ / γεύσεσῐν
taîs geúsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν γεῦσῐν
tḕn geûsĭn 		τὼ γεύσει
tṑ geúsei 		τᾱ̀ς γεύσεις
tā̀s geúseis
Vocative γεῦσῐ
geûsĭ 		γεύσει
geúsei 		γεύσεις
geúseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γεύομαι (> DER > γεῦσις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 269

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