τεινεσμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, pull tight”) +‎ -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τεινεσμός • (teinesmós) m (genitive τεινεσμοῦ); second declension

  1. vain endeavor to evacuate the bowels; constipation

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τεινεσμός; τοῦ τεινεσμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τεινεσμός
ho teinesmós 		τὼ τεινεσμώ
tṑ teinesmṓ 		οἱ τεινεσμοί
hoi teinesmoí
Genitive τοῦ τεινεσμοῦ
toû teinesmoû 		τοῖν τεινεσμοῖν
toîn teinesmoîn 		τῶν τεινεσμῶν
tôn teinesmôn
Dative τῷ τεινεσμῷ
tōî teinesmōî 		τοῖν τεινεσμοῖν
toîn teinesmoîn 		τοῖς τεινεσμοῖς
toîs teinesmoîs
Accusative τὸν τεινεσμόν
tòn teinesmón 		τὼ τεινεσμώ
tṑ teinesmṓ 		τοὺς τεινεσμούς
toùs teinesmoús
Vocative τεινεσμέ
teinesmé 		τεινεσμώ
teinesmṓ 		τεινεσμοί
teinesmoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • τεινεσμώδης (teinesmṓdēs, adjective)

Descendants

  • → Medieval Latin: tēnesmus (see there for further descendants)

References

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