στάξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στάζω (stázō, “I drop”) +‎ -σις (-sis, suffix to form a feminine noun).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στάξῐς • (stáxĭs) f (genitive στάξεως); third declension

  1. dropping, dripping (e.g. of blood from the nose)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στᾰ́ξῐς; τῆς στᾰ́ξεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στᾰ́ξῐς
hē stắxĭs 		τὼ στᾰ́ξει
tṑ stắxei 		αἱ στᾰ́ξεις
hai stắxeis
Genitive τῆς στᾰ́ξεως
tês stắxeōs 		τοῖν στᾰξέοιν
toîn stăxéoin 		τῶν στᾰ́ξεων
tôn stắxeōn
Dative τῇ στᾰ́ξει
tēî stắxei 		τοῖν στᾰξέοιν
toîn stăxéoin 		ταῖς στᾰ́ξεσῐ / στᾰ́ξεσῐν
taîs stắxesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν στᾰ́ξῐν
tḕn stắxĭn 		τὼ στᾰ́ξει
tṑ stắxei 		τᾱ̀ς στᾰ́ξεις
tā̀s stắxeis
Vocative στᾰ́ξῐ
stắxĭ 		στᾰ́ξει
stắxei 		στᾰ́ξεις
stắxeis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἐπίσταξις (epístaxis, “nosebleed”)

Further reading

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