ἤθησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From aorist stem ἤθη(σᾰ) (ḗthē(să), “I sifted”) of verb ἠθέω (ēthéō, “I sift”) (contracted form ἠθῶ (ēthô)) + -σῐς (-sĭs) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. please confirm this lemma. ηθησ+ις/-εως or ηθη+σις/εως

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.tʰɛː.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.tʰe̝.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/

Noun

ἤθησῐς • (ḗthēsĭs) f (genitive ἠθήσεως); third declension

riddling
- Inscriptiones Graecae IV.1485.124.Epidaurus

Usage notes

ἤθισις: probably wrong spelling at Aristotle (attributed), Problems 2.41.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἤθησῐς; τῆς ἠθήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἤθησῐς hē ḗthēsĭs	τὼ ἠθήσει tṑ ēthḗsei	αἱ ἠθήσεις hai ēthḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἠθήσεως tês ēthḗseōs	τοῖν ἠθησέοιν toîn ēthēséoin	τῶν ἠθήσεων tôn ēthḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἠθήσει tēî ēthḗsei	τοῖν ἠθησέοιν toîn ēthēséoin	ταῖς ἠθήσεσῐ / ἠθήσεσῐν taîs ēthḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἤθησῐν tḕn ḗthēsĭn	τὼ ἠθήσει tṑ ēthḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἠθήσεις tā̀s ēthḗseis
Vocative	ἤθησῐ ḗthēsĭ	ἠθήσει ēthḗsei	ἠθήσεις ēthḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἤθημᾰ n (ḗthēmă, “that which is sifted, stained”)
and related terms at ἠθέω