κατάχρησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From καταχράομαι (katakhráomai) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tá.kʰrɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈta.kʰre̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/
Noun
κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐς • (kătắkhrēsĭs) f (genitive κᾰτᾰχρήσεως); third declension
- (lexicography) analogical use of a word
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐς hē kătắkhrēsĭs |
τὼ κᾰτᾰχρήσει tṑ kătăkhrḗsei |
αἱ κᾰτᾰχρήσεις hai kătăkhrḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰτᾰχρήσεως tês kătăkhrḗseōs |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰχρησέοιν toîn kătăkhrēséoin |
τῶν κᾰτᾰχρήσεων tôn kătăkhrḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰτᾰχρήσει tēî kătăkhrḗsei |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰχρησέοιν toîn kătăkhrēséoin |
ταῖς κᾰτᾰχρήσεσῐ / κᾰτᾰχρήσεσῐν taîs kătăkhrḗsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐν tḕn kătắkhrēsĭn |
τὼ κᾰτᾰχρήσει tṑ kătăkhrḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰχρήσεις tā̀s kătăkhrḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐ kătắkhrēsĭ |
κᾰτᾰχρήσει kătăkhrḗsei |
κᾰτᾰχρήσεις kătăkhrḗseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κατάχρηση (katáchrisi)
- → Latin: catachrēsis f
- → English: catachresis
- → French: catachrèse f
Further reading
- “κατάχρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κατάχρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κατάχρησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette