πρίστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρίζω (prízō, “to saw”) +‎ -τις (-tis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρῐ́στῐς • (prĭ́stĭs) f (genitive πρῐ́στεως); third declension

  1. Common sawfish (Pristis pristis, syn. Pristis antiquorum).
  2. Ship of war, from its shape of a sawfish.
  3. A kind of cup, from its shape of a sawfish.
  4. Ornamental part of a surgical machine.
  5. A stonemason's implement.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πρῐ́στῐς; τῆς πρῐ́στεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πρῐ́στῐς
hē prĭ́stĭs 		τὼ πρῐ́στει
tṑ prĭ́stei 		αἱ πρῐ́στεις
hai prĭ́steis
Genitive τῆς πρῐ́στεως
tês prĭ́steōs 		τοῖν πρῐστέοιν
toîn prĭstéoin 		τῶν πρῐ́στεων
tôn prĭ́steōn
Dative τῇ πρῐ́στει
tēî prĭ́stei 		τοῖν πρῐστέοιν
toîn prĭstéoin 		ταῖς πρῐ́στεσῐ / πρῐ́στεσῐν
taîs prĭ́stesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν πρῐ́στῐν
tḕn prĭ́stĭn 		τὼ πρῐ́στει
tṑ prĭ́stei 		τᾱ̀ς πρῐ́στεις
tā̀s prĭ́steis
Vocative πρῐ́στῐ
prĭ́stĭ 		πρῐ́στει
prĭ́stei 		πρῐ́στεις
prĭ́steis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: pristis
  • → Translingual: Pristis

References

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