μέθεξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
μετέχω (metékhō) + -σις (-sis)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.tʰek.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.tʰek.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.θek.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.θek.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.θek.sis/
Noun
μέθεξις • (méthexis) f (genitive μέθεξεως); third declension
- participation, partaking
- (theater) a form of theater involving audience participation and improvisation
- (philosophy) the relation between a particular and a Platonic form
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μέθεξῐς hē méthexĭs |
τὼ μεθέξει tṑ methéxei |
αἱ μεθέξεις hai methéxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μεθέξεως tês methéxeōs |
τοῖν μεθεξέοιν toîn methexéoin |
τῶν μεθέξεων tôn methéxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μεθέξει tēî methéxei |
τοῖν μεθεξέοιν toîn methexéoin |
ταῖς μεθέξεσῐ / μεθέξεσῐν taîs methéxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μέθεξῐν tḕn méthexĭn |
τὼ μεθέξει tṑ methéxei |
τᾱ̀ς μεθέξεις tā̀s methéxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μέθεξῐ méthexĭ |
μεθέξει methéxei |
μεθέξεις methéxeis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μέθεξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press