πρᾶσις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πρῆσῐς (prêsĭs) — Ionic
Etymology
From πιπράσκω (pipráskō, “to sell”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prâː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpra.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpra.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpra.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpra.sis/
Noun
πρᾶσῐς • (prâsĭs) f (genitive πρᾱ́σεως); third declension
- sale (exchange of goods or services for currency or credit)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πρᾶσῐς hē prâsĭs |
τὼ πρᾱ́σει tṑ prā́sei |
αἱ πρᾱ́σεις hai prā́seis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πρᾱ́σεως tês prā́seōs |
τοῖν πρᾱσέοιν toîn prāséoin |
τῶν πρᾱ́σεων tôn prā́seōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πρᾱ́σει tēî prā́sei |
τοῖν πρᾱσέοιν toîn prāséoin |
ταῖς πρᾱ́σεσῐ / πρᾱ́σεσῐν taîs prā́sesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πρᾶσῐν tḕn prâsĭn |
τὼ πρᾱ́σει tṑ prā́sei |
τᾱ̀ς πρᾱ́σεις tā̀s prā́seis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρᾶσῐ prâsĭ |
πρᾱ́σει prā́sei |
πρᾱ́σεις prā́seis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πρᾶσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρᾶσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πρᾶσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette