λοῦσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λούω (loúō, “I bathe”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lûː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlu.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlu.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlu.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlu.sis/
Noun
λοῦσῐς • (loûsĭs) f (genitive λούσεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λοῦσῐς hē loûsĭs |
τὼ λούσει tṑ loúsei |
αἱ λούσεις hai loúseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λούσεως tês loúseōs |
τοῖν λουσέοιν toîn louséoin |
τῶν λούσεων tôn loúseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λούσει tēî loúsei |
τοῖν λουσέοιν toîn louséoin |
ταῖς λούσεσῐ / λούσεσῐν taîs loúsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λοῦσῐν tḕn loûsĭn |
τὼ λούσει tṑ loúsei |
τᾱ̀ς λούσεις tā̀s loúseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λοῦσῐ loûsĭ |
λούσει loúsei |
λούσεις loúseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ Italian: gastrolusi, pirolusite
References
- “λοῦσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λοῦσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette