νέκρωσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νεκρόω (nekróō, “I make dead, I am dead; I mortify”) + -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /né.krɔː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈne.kro.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈne.kro.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈne.kro.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈne.kro.sis/
Noun
νέκρωσις • (nékrōsis) f (genitive νέκρωσεως); third declension
- a state of death, deadness; death
- Ep., Cor. 4.10
- (figurative) mortification
- Ep., Rom. 4.19
- Astrampsychus, Dream Interpretations 6R
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ νέκρωσῐς hē nékrōsĭs |
τὼ νεκρώσει tṑ nekrṓsei |
αἱ νεκρώσεις hai nekrṓseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς νεκρώσεως tês nekrṓseōs |
τοῖν νεκρωσέοιν toîn nekrōséoin |
τῶν νεκρώσεων tôn nekrṓseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ νεκρώσει tēî nekrṓsei |
τοῖν νεκρωσέοιν toîn nekrōséoin |
ταῖς νεκρώσεσῐ / νεκρώσεσῐν taîs nekrṓsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν νέκρωσῐν tḕn nékrōsĭn |
τὼ νεκρώσει tṑ nekrṓsei |
τᾱ̀ς νεκρώσεις tā̀s nekrṓseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νέκρωσῐ nékrōsĭ |
νεκρώσει nekrṓsei |
νεκρώσεις nekrṓseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: necrosis
See also
References
- “νέκρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νέκρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers