ἄνεσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνίημι (aníēmi, “let go, loose”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.ne.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ne.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ne.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ne.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ne.sis/
Noun
ᾰ̓́νεσῐς • (ắnesĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓νέσεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́νεσῐς hē ắnesĭs |
τὼ ᾰ̓νέσει tṑ ănései |
αἱ ᾰ̓νέσεις hai ănéseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓νέσεως tês ănéseōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓νεσέοιν toîn ăneséoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓νέσεων tôn ănéseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓νέσει tēî ănései |
τοῖν ᾰ̓νεσέοιν toîn ăneséoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓νέσεσῐ / ᾰ̓νέσεσῐν taîs ănésesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́νεσῐν tḕn ắnesĭn |
τὼ ᾰ̓νέσει tṑ ănései |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νέσεις tā̀s ănéseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́νεσῐ ắnesĭ |
ᾰ̓νέσει ănései |
ᾰ̓νέσεις ănéseis | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “remission, abatement”): παροξυσμός (paroxusmós)
Descendants
- Greek: άνεση (ánesi)
Further reading
- “ἄνεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄνεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄνεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄνεσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G425 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- commutation idem, page 149.
- licence idem, page 488.
- looseness idem, page 500.
- loosening idem, page 500.
- modification idem, page 538.
- relaxation idem, page 690.
- remission idem, page 693.
- slackening idem, page 782.