διάθεσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διατίθημι (diatíthēmi, “to arrange”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.tʰe.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.tʰe.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.θe.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.θe.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.θe.sis/
Noun
δῐάθεσῐς • (dĭáthesĭs) f (genitive δῐᾰθέσεως); third declension
- placing in order, arrangement
- disposition or composition in a work of art, as opp. to εὕρεσις
- (oratory) delivery
- a disposition of property, = διαθήκη, will, testament
- a disposing of, selling, sale
- bodily state, condition
- a disposition towards persons
- generally, state, condition
- (grammar) force, function, esp. of the voices of a verb
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ δῐᾰ́θεσῐς hē dĭắthesĭs |
τὼ δῐᾰθέσει tṑ dĭăthései |
αἱ δῐᾰθέσεις hai dĭăthéseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῐᾰθέσεως tês dĭăthéseōs |
τοῖν δῐᾰθεσέοιν toîn dĭătheséoin |
τῶν δῐᾰθέσεων tôn dĭăthéseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῐᾰθέσει tēî dĭăthései |
τοῖν δῐᾰθεσέοιν toîn dĭătheséoin |
ταῖς δῐᾰθέσεσῐ / δῐᾰθέσεσῐν taîs dĭăthésesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῐᾰ́θεσῐν tḕn dĭắthesĭn |
τὼ δῐᾰθέσει tṑ dĭăthései |
τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰθέσεις tā̀s dĭăthéseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰ́θεσῐ dĭắthesĭ |
δῐᾰθέσει dĭăthései |
δῐᾰθέσεις dĭăthéseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Old Armenian: տրամադրութիւն (tramadrutʻiwn) (calque)
- Greek: διάθεση (diáthesi)
References
- “διάθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διάθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers