σπάσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπᾰ́ω (spắō, “to draw”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spá.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspa.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspa.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspa.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspa.sis/
Noun
σπᾰ́σῐς • (spắsĭs) f (genitive σπᾰ́σεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σπᾰ́σῐς hē spắsĭs |
τὼ σπᾰ́σει tṑ spắsei |
αἱ σπᾰ́σεις hai spắseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σπᾰ́σεως tês spắseōs |
τοῖν σπᾰσέοιν toîn spăséoin |
τῶν σπᾰ́σεων tôn spắseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σπᾰ́σει tēî spắsei |
τοῖν σπᾰσέοιν toîn spăséoin |
ταῖς σπᾰ́σεσῐ / σπᾰ́σεσῐν taîs spắsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σπᾰ́σῐν tḕn spắsĭn |
τὼ σπᾰ́σει tṑ spắsei |
τᾱ̀ς σπᾰ́σεις tā̀s spắseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπᾰ́σῐ spắsĭ |
σπᾰ́σει spắsei |
σπᾰ́σεις spắseis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σπάσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπάσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette