στῦψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στύφω (stúphō, “to contract”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στῦψῐς • (stûpsĭs) f (genitive στῡ́ψεως); third declension

  1. contraction, astringency
  2. steeping of the fabric in an astringent solution, to prepare it for taking the dye
  3. thickening of oil with certain drugs to make it retain its scent longer (in perfumery)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ στῦψῐς; τῆς στῡ́ψεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στῦψῐς
hē stûpsĭs 		τὼ στῡ́ψει
tṑ stū́psei 		αἱ στῡ́ψεις
hai stū́pseis
Genitive τῆς στῡ́ψεως
tês stū́pseōs 		τοῖν στῡψέοιν
toîn stūpséoin 		τῶν στῡ́ψεων
tôn stū́pseōn
Dative τῇ στῡ́ψει
tēî stū́psei 		τοῖν στῡψέοιν
toîn stūpséoin 		ταῖς στῡ́ψεσῐ / στῡ́ψεσῐν
taîs stū́psesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν στῦψῐν
tḕn stûpsĭn 		τὼ στῡ́ψει
tṑ stū́psei 		τᾱ̀ς στῡ́ψεις
tā̀s stū́pseis
Vocative στῦψῐ
stûpsĭ 		στῡ́ψει
stū́psei 		στῡ́ψεις
stū́pseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: stypsis
  • → Italian: stipsi

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