ἔμφασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”, from ἐν- (en-) +‎ φαίνω (phaínō)) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔμφᾰσῐς • (émphăsĭs) f (genitive ἐμφᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. appearance
  2. outward appearance, reflection, image
  3. setting forth, narrative, proof
  4. (rhetoric) significance, emphasis, force
  5. moral (of a story)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔμφᾰσῐς; τῆς ἐμφᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἔμφᾰσῐς
hē émphăsĭs 		τὼ ἐμφᾰ́σει
tṑ emphắsei 		αἱ ἐμφᾰ́σεις
hai emphắseis
Genitive τῆς ἐμφᾰ́σεως
tês emphắseōs 		τοῖν ἐμφᾰσέοιν
toîn emphăséoin 		τῶν ἐμφᾰ́σεων
tôn emphắseōn
Dative τῇ ἐμφᾰ́σει
tēî emphắsei 		τοῖν ἐμφᾰσέοιν
toîn emphăséoin 		ταῖς ἐμφᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐμφᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs emphắsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἔμφᾰσῐν
tḕn émphăsĭn 		τὼ ἐμφᾰ́σει
tṑ emphắsei 		τᾱ̀ς ἐμφᾰ́σεις
tā̀s emphắseis
Vocative ἔμφᾰσῐ
émphăsĭ 		ἐμφᾰ́σει
emphắsei 		ἐμφᾰ́σεις
emphắseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: emphasis
  • French: emphase
  • Portuguese: ênfase
  • Spanish: énfasis
  • Catalan: èmfasi

References

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