μείωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μειόω (meióō, “to lessen, diminish”) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μείωσῐς • (meíōsĭs) f (genitive μειώσεως); third declension

  1. diminution
  2. waning (of the moon)
  3. loss (of property)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μείωσῐς; τῆς μειώσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ μείωσῐς
hē meíōsĭs
Genitive τῆς μειώσεως
tês meiṓseōs
Dative τῇ μειώσει
tēî meiṓsei
Accusative τὴν μείωσῐν
tḕn meíōsĭn
Vocative μείωσῐ
meíōsĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants
  • Greek: μείωση (meíosi)
  • → Catalan: meiosi
  • → English: meiosis, miosis
  • → Finnish: meioosi
  • → Hungarian: meiózis
  • → Italian: meiosi
  • → Latin: extenuātiō (semantic loan)
  • → Polish: mejoza
  • → Russian: мейо́з (mejóz)
  • → Spanish: meiosis

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