σφύξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σφύζω (sphúzō, “throb”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰýk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰyk.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸyk.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfyk.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfik.sis/
Noun
σφῠ́ξῐς • (sphŭ́xĭs) f (genitive σφῠ́ξεως); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σφῠ́ξῐς hē sphŭ́xĭs |
τὼ σφῠ́ξει tṑ sphŭ́xei |
αἱ σφῠ́ξεις hai sphŭ́xeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σφῠ́ξεως tês sphŭ́xeōs |
τοῖν σφῠξέοιν toîn sphŭxéoin |
τῶν σφῠ́ξεων tôn sphŭ́xeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σφῠ́ξει tēî sphŭ́xei |
τοῖν σφῠξέοιν toîn sphŭxéoin |
ταῖς σφῠ́ξεσῐ / σφῠ́ξεσῐν taîs sphŭ́xesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σφῠ́ξῐν tḕn sphŭ́xĭn |
τὼ σφῠ́ξει tṑ sphŭ́xei |
τᾱ̀ς σφῠ́ξεις tā̀s sphŭ́xeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σφῠ́ξῐ sphŭ́xĭ |
σφῠ́ξει sphŭ́xei |
σφῠ́ξεις sphŭ́xeis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ (ăsphŭxĭ́ā)
Related terms
- σφυγμός (sphugmós)
References
- “σφύξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφύξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette