προσκύνησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
προσκυνέω (proskunéō, “to prostrate oneself”) + -σις (-sis)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pros.ký.nɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prosˈky.ne̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prosˈcy.ni.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prosˈcy.ni.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /prosˈci.ni.sis/
Noun
προσκῠ́νησῐς • (proskŭ́nēsĭs) f (genitive προσκῠνήσεως); third declension
- proskynesis (prostration as an act of obeisance)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ προσκῠ́νησῐς hē proskŭ́nēsĭs |
τὼ προσκῠνήσει tṑ proskŭnḗsei |
αἱ προσκῠνήσεις hai proskŭnḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς προσκῠνήσεως tês proskŭnḗseōs |
τοῖν προσκῠνησέοιν toîn proskŭnēséoin |
τῶν προσκῠνήσεων tôn proskŭnḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ προσκῠνήσει tēî proskŭnḗsei |
τοῖν προσκῠνησέοιν toîn proskŭnēséoin |
ταῖς προσκῠνήσεσῐ / προσκῠνήσεσῐν taîs proskŭnḗsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν προσκῠ́νησῐν tḕn proskŭ́nēsĭn |
τὼ προσκῠνήσει tṑ proskŭnḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς προσκῠνήσεις tā̀s proskŭnḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | προσκῠ́νησῐ proskŭ́nēsĭ |
προσκῠνήσει proskŭnḗsei |
προσκῠνήσεις proskŭnḗseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: proskynesis
- → French: proskynèse
References
- “προσκύνησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- προσκύνησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette