παράφρασις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́ζω (părăphrắzō, “to paraphrase”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.pʰra.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.pʰra.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.ɸra.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.fra.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.fra.sis/
Noun
πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐς • (părắphrăsĭs) f (genitive πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεως); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐς hē părắphrăsĭs |
τὼ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει tṑ părăphrắsei |
αἱ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις hai părăphrắseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεως tês părăphrắseōs |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰφρᾰσέοιν toîn părăphrăséoin |
τῶν πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεων tôn părăphrắseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει tēî părăphrắsei |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰφρᾰσέοιν toîn părăphrăséoin |
ταῖς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεσῐ / πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεσῐν taîs părăphrắsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐν tḕn părắphrăsĭn |
τὼ πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει tṑ părăphrắsei |
τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις tā̀s părăphrắseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́φρᾰσῐ părắphrăsĭ |
πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σει părăphrắsei |
πᾰρᾰφρᾰ́σεις părăphrắseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: paraphrasis
Further reading
- “παράφρασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παράφρασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette