ἐπιχείρησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπιχειρέω (epikheiréō) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.kʰěː.rɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.piˈkʰi.re̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.sis/
Noun
ἐπῐχείρησις • (epĭkheírēsis) f (genitive ἐπῐχειρήσεως); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐχείρησῐς hē epĭkheírēsĭs |
τὼ ἐπῐχειρήσει tṑ epĭkheirḗsei |
αἱ ἐπῐχειρήσεις hai epĭkheirḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐχειρήσεως tês epĭkheirḗseōs |
τοῖν ἐπῐχειρησέοιν toîn epĭkheirēséoin |
τῶν ἐπῐχειρήσεων tôn epĭkheirḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐπῐχειρήσει tēî epĭkheirḗsei |
τοῖν ἐπῐχειρησέοιν toîn epĭkheirēséoin |
ταῖς ἐπῐχειρήσεσῐ / ἐπῐχειρήσεσῐν taîs epĭkheirḗsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐχείρησῐν tḕn epĭkheírēsĭn |
τὼ ἐπῐχειρήσει tṑ epĭkheirḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐχειρήσεις tā̀s epĭkheirḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐχείρησῐ epĭkheírēsĭ |
ἐπῐχειρήσει epĭkheirḗsei |
ἐπῐχειρήσεις epĭkheirḗseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: επιχείρηση (epicheírisi)
Further reading
- ἐπιχείρησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἐπιχείρησις”, 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.
- attempt idem, page 50.
- charge idem, page 125.
- endeavour idem, page 272.
- enterprise idem, page 277.
- onslaught idem, page 574.
- undertaking idem, page 914.