ἀποτείχισις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀποτειχίζω (apoteikhízō) + -σις (-sis)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.po.těː.kʰi.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.poˈti.kʰi.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.poˈti.çi.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.poˈti.çi.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.poˈti.çi.sis/
Noun
ἀποτείχῐσις • (apoteíkhĭsis) f (genitive ἀποτειχίσεως); third declension
- (act of) walling off, blockading (a town etc.)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ποτείχῐσῐς hē ăpoteíkhĭsĭs |
τὼ ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σει tṑ ăpoteikhĭ́sei |
αἱ ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σεις hai ăpoteikhĭ́seis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σεως tês ăpoteikhĭ́seōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποτειχῐσέοιν toîn ăpoteikhĭséoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σεων tôn ăpoteikhĭ́seōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σει tēî ăpoteikhĭ́sei |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποτειχῐσέοιν toîn ăpoteikhĭséoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σεσῐν taîs ăpoteikhĭ́sesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ποτείχῐσῐν tḕn ăpoteíkhĭsĭn |
τὼ ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σει tṑ ăpoteikhĭ́sei |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σεις tā̀s ăpoteikhĭ́seis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ποτείχῐσῐ ăpoteíkhĭsĭ |
ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σει ăpoteikhĭ́sei |
ᾰ̓ποτειχῐ́σεις ăpoteikhĭ́seis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀποτείχισις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀποτείχισις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἀποτείχισις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- ἀποτείχισις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἀποτείχισις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blockade idem, page 84.
- investment idem, page 457.