ἵδρυσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱδρῡ́ω (hidrū́ō, “to establish, found”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hí.dryː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)i.dry.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðry.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðry.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðri.sis/
Noun
ἵδρῡσῐς • (hídrūsĭs) f (genitive ἱδρῡ́σεως); third declension
- founding, foundation, especially of temples
- settlement, abode
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἵδρῡσῐς hē hídrūsĭs |
τὼ ἱδρῡ́σει tṑ hidrū́sei |
αἱ ἱδρῡ́σεις hai hidrū́seis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἱδρῡ́σεως tês hidrū́seōs |
τοῖν ἱδρῡσέοιν toîn hidrūséoin |
τῶν ἱδρῡ́σεων tôn hidrū́seōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἱδρῡ́σει tēî hidrū́sei |
τοῖν ἱδρῡσέοιν toîn hidrūséoin |
ταῖς ἱδρῡ́σεσῐ / ἱδρῡ́σεσῐν taîs hidrū́sesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἵδρῡσῐν tḕn hídrūsĭn |
τὼ ἱδρῡ́σει tṑ hidrū́sei |
τᾱ̀ς ἱδρῡ́σεις tā̀s hidrū́seis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἵδρῡσῐ hídrūsĭ |
ἱδρῡ́σει hidrū́sei |
ἱδρῡ́σεις hidrū́seis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ίδρυση (ídrysi)
Further reading
- “ἵδρυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἵδρυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette