ἄσκησις

Ancient Greek

From ἀσκέω (askéō, “I train”) +‎ -σις (-sis).^[1]

ᾰ̓́σκησῐς • (ắskēsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓́σκήσεως); third declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́σκησῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓σκήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́σκησῐς hē ắskēsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓σκήσει tṑ ăskḗsei	αἱ ᾰ̓σκήσεις hai ăskḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓σκήσεως tês ăskḗseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓σκησέοιν toîn ăskēséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓σκήσεων tôn ăskḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓σκήσει tēî ăskḗsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓σκησέοιν toîn ăskēséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓σκήσεσῐ / ᾰ̓σκήσεσῐν taîs ăskḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́σκησῐν tḕn ắskēsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓σκήσει tṑ ăskḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓σκήσεις tā̀s ăskḗseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́σκησῐ ắskēsĭ	ᾰ̓σκήσει ăskḗsei	ᾰ̓σκήσεις ăskḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀσκέω (> DER ἄσκησις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 150

“ἄσκησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἄσκησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄσκησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄσκησις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cultivation idem, page 189.
- exercise idem, page 291.
- manœuvre idem, page 513.
- observance idem, page 567.
- practice idem, page 631.
- pursuit idem, page 659.
- study idem, page 829.
- training idem, page 887.