ἔκδοσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

ἐκδῐ́δωμῐ (ekdĭ́dōmĭ, give up, surrender) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs), from ἐκ (ek, out) +‎ δῐ́δωμῐ (dĭ́dōmĭ, give).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔκδοσῐς • (ékdosĭsf (genitive ἐκδόσῐος or ἐκδόσεως); third declension

  1. giving up, surrendering
    1. giving in marriage, dowering
    2. letting, hiring, farming out
    3. lending money on ships or exported goods, bottomry
    4. publication of a book
      1. a publication, treatise
      2. edition of an author’s work
      3. translation
  2. bursting forth
    1. delivery
      • 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 1.71
    2. motions of the bowels
      • Archig. ap. Aët. 6.27

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: έκδοση (ékdosi)

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