παρένθεσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰρεντῐ́θημῐ (părentĭ́thēmĭ, “I put in beside, mix up”) + -σις (-sis), from πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside”) + ἐν (en, “in”) + τῐ́θημῐ (tĭ́thēmĭ, “I put, place”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rén.tʰe.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈren.tʰe.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈren.θe.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈren.θe.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈren.θe.sis/
Noun
πᾰρένθεσῐς • (părénthesĭs) f (genitive πᾰρενθέσεως); third declension
- a putting in beside, injection
- insertion
- (grammar) parenthesis
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πᾰρένθεσῐς hē părénthesĭs |
τὼ πᾰρενθέσει tṑ părenthései |
αἱ πᾰρενθέσεις hai părenthéseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πᾰρενθέσεως tês părenthéseōs |
τοῖν πᾰρενθεσέοιν toîn părentheséoin |
τῶν πᾰρενθέσεων tôn părenthéseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πᾰρενθέσει tēî părenthései |
τοῖν πᾰρενθεσέοιν toîn părentheséoin |
ταῖς πᾰρενθέσεσῐ / πᾰρενθέσεσῐν taîs părenthésesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πᾰρένθεσῐν tḕn părénthesĭn |
τὼ πᾰρενθέσει tṑ părenthései |
τᾱ̀ς πᾰρενθέσεις tā̀s părenthéseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρένθεσῐ părénthesĭ |
πᾰρενθέσει părenthései |
πᾰρενθέσεις părenthéseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: parenthesis
- → French: parenthèse
- Greek: παρένθεση (parénthesi)
Further reading
- “παρένθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παρένθεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette