περιφρόνησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐφρονέω (perĭphronéō, “to despise”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

περῐφρόνησῐς • (perĭphrónēsĭs) f (genitive περῐφρονήσεως); third declension

  1. contempt, scorn, disdain

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ περῐφρόνησῐς; τῆς περῐφρονήσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ περῐφρόνησῐς
hē perĭphrónēsĭs 		τὼ περῐφρονήσει
tṑ perĭphronḗsei 		αἱ περῐφρονήσεις
hai perĭphronḗseis
Genitive τῆς περῐφρονήσεως
tês perĭphronḗseōs 		τοῖν περῐφρονησέοιν
toîn perĭphronēséoin 		τῶν περῐφρονήσεων
tôn perĭphronḗseōn
Dative τῇ περῐφρονήσει
tēî perĭphronḗsei 		τοῖν περῐφρονησέοιν
toîn perĭphronēséoin 		ταῖς περῐφρονήσεσῐ / περῐφρονήσεσῐν
taîs perĭphronḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν περῐφρόνησῐν
tḕn perĭphrónēsĭn 		τὼ περῐφρονήσει
tṑ perĭphronḗsei 		τᾱ̀ς περῐφρονήσεις
tā̀s perĭphronḗseis
Vocative περῐφρόνησῐ
perĭphrónēsĭ 		περῐφρονήσει
perĭphronḗsei 		περῐφρονήσεις
perĭphronḗseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: περιφρόνηση (perifrónisi)

Further reading

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