ἔκλαμψις

Ancient Greek

From ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklắmpō, “to shine or beam forth”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).

ἔκλᾰμψῐς • (éklămpsĭs) f (genitive ἐκλᾰ́μψεως); third declension

shining forth, brightness
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 2 Maccabees 5.3
- 495 CE – 570 CE, Olympiodorus the Younger, Commentary on the Aristotle's Meteorology 49.9
(figurative) sudden development, violent onset
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Epidemics 6.114

Third declension of ἡ ἔκλᾰμψῐς; τῆς ἐκλᾰ́μψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκλᾰμψῐς hē éklămpsĭs	τὼ ἐκλᾰ́μψει tṑ eklắmpsei	αἱ ἐκλᾰ́μψεις hai eklắmpseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκλᾰ́μψεως tês eklắmpseōs	τοῖν ἐκλᾰμψέοιν toîn eklămpséoin	τῶν ἐκλᾰ́μψεων tôn eklắmpseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκλᾰ́μψει tēî eklắmpsei	τοῖν ἐκλᾰμψέοιν toîn eklămpséoin	ταῖς ἐκλᾰ́μψεσῐ / ἐκλᾰ́μψεσῐν taîs eklắmpsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκλᾰμψῐν tḕn éklămpsĭn	τὼ ἐκλᾰ́μψει tṑ eklắmpsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκλᾰ́μψεις tā̀s eklắmpseis
Vocative	ἔκλᾰμψῐ éklămpsĭ	ἐκλᾰ́μψει eklắmpsei	ἐκλᾰ́μψεις eklắmpseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

→ French: éclampsie
- → Greek: εκλαμψία (eklampsía)
- → New Latin: eclampsia
  - → English: eclampsia

“ἔκλαμψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press