κατάληξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From καταλήγω (katalḗgō) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tá.lɛːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈta.le̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈta.lik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈta.lik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈta.lik.sis/
Noun
κᾰτᾰ́ληξῐς • (kătắlēxĭs) f (genitive κᾰτᾰλήξεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰτᾰ́ληξῐς hē kătắlēxĭs |
τὼ κᾰτᾰλήξει tṑ kătălḗxei |
αἱ κᾰτᾰλήξεις hai kătălḗxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰτᾰλήξεως tês kătălḗxeōs |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰληξέοιν toîn kătălēxéoin |
τῶν κᾰτᾰλήξεων tôn kătălḗxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰτᾰλήξει tēî kătălḗxei |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰληξέοιν toîn kătălēxéoin |
ταῖς κᾰτᾰλήξεσῐ / κᾰτᾰλήξεσῐν taîs kătălḗxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰτᾰ́ληξῐν tḕn kătắlēxĭn |
τὼ κᾰτᾰλήξει tṑ kătălḗxei |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰλήξεις tā̀s kătălḗxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰτᾰ́ληξῐ kătắlēxĭ |
κᾰτᾰλήξει kătălḗxei |
κᾰτᾰλήξεις kătălḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- καταληκτικός (katalēktikós)
Descendants
- → German: Katalexe
- → English: catalexis
References
- “κατάληξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press