ποίησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ποίησις • (poíēsis) f (genitive ποιήσεως); third declension

  1. poetry, poem
  2. a creation, fabrication, production

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ποίησῐς; τῆς ποιήσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ποίησῐς
hē poíēsĭs 		τὼ ποιήσει
tṑ poiḗsei 		αἱ ποιήσεις
hai poiḗseis
Genitive τῆς ποιήσεως
tês poiḗseōs 		τοῖν ποιησέοιν
toîn poiēséoin 		τῶν ποιήσεων
tôn poiḗseōn
Dative τῇ ποιήσει
tēî poiḗsei 		τοῖν ποιησέοιν
toîn poiēséoin 		ταῖς ποιήσεσῐ / ποιήσεσῐν
taîs poiḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ποίησῐν
tḕn poíēsĭn 		τὼ ποιήσει
tṑ poiḗsei 		τᾱ̀ς ποιήσεις
tā̀s poiḗseis
Vocative ποίησῐ
poíēsĭ 		ποιήσει
poiḗsei 		ποιήσεις
poiḗseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis), ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.i.sis/
  • Hyphenation: ποί‧η‧σις

Noun

ποίησις • (poíisis) f

  1. Katharevousa form of ποίηση (poíisi), poetry, verse
  2. (Katharevousa) fabrication, creation, production
  3. (Katharevousa) magical procedure
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