ἐξήγησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐξήγησῐς • (exḗgēsĭs) f (genitive ἐξηγήσεως); third declension

  1. narration
  2. interpretation, explanation

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐξήγησῐς; τῆς ἐξηγήσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐξήγησῐς
hē exḗgēsĭs 		τὼ ἐξηγήσει
tṑ exēgḗsei 		αἱ ἐξηγήσεις
hai exēgḗseis
Genitive τῆς ἐξηγήσεως
tês exēgḗseōs 		τοῖν ἐξηγησέοιν
toîn exēgēséoin 		τῶν ἐξηγήσεων
tôn exēgḗseōn
Dative τῇ ἐξηγήσει
tēî exēgḗsei 		τοῖν ἐξηγησέοιν
toîn exēgēséoin 		ταῖς ἐξηγήσεσῐ / ἐξηγήσεσῐν
taîs exēgḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἐξήγησῐν
tḕn exḗgēsĭn 		τὼ ἐξηγήσει
tṑ exēgḗsei 		τᾱ̀ς ἐξηγήσεις
tā̀s exēgḗseis
Vocative ἐξήγησῐ
exḗgēsĭ 		ἐξηγήσει
exēgḗsei 		ἐξηγήσεις
exēgḗseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Greek: εξήγηση f (exígisi)
  • → English: exegesis
  • → French: exégèse f
  • → Latin: exēgēsis f

Further reading

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