σῆψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σήπω (sḗpō, “to make rotten”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῆψῐς • (sêpsĭs) f (genitive σήψεως); third declension

  1. putrefaction, sepsis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῆψῐς; τῆς σήψεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῆψῐς
hē sêpsĭs 		τὼ σήψει
tṑ sḗpsei 		αἱ σήψεις
hai sḗpseis
Genitive τῆς σήψεως
tês sḗpseōs 		τοῖν σηψέοιν
toîn sēpséoin 		τῶν σήψεων
tôn sḗpseōn
Dative τῇ σήψει
tēî sḗpsei 		τοῖν σηψέοιν
toîn sēpséoin 		ταῖς σήψεσῐ / σήψεσῐν
taîs sḗpsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν σῆψῐν
tḕn sêpsĭn 		τὼ σήψει
tṑ sḗpsei 		τᾱ̀ς σήψεις
tā̀s sḗpseis
Vocative σῆψῐ
sêpsĭ 		σήψει
sḗpsei 		σήψεις
sḗpseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: sepsis
  • Greek: σήψη (sípsi)
  • Portuguese: sepse, sépsis
  • → Translingual: Sepsis

References

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