ὄρεξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀρέγω (orégō, “I stretch”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄρεξῐς • (órexĭs) f (genitive ὀρέξεως); third declension

  1. yearning, longing, desire, appetite

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὄρεξῐς; τῆς ὀρέξεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὄρεξῐς
hē órexĭs 		τὼ ὀρέξει
tṑ oréxei 		αἱ ὀρέξεις
hai oréxeis
Genitive τῆς ὀρέξεως
tês oréxeōs 		τοῖν ὀρεξέοιν
toîn orexéoin 		τῶν ὀρέξεων
tôn oréxeōn
Dative τῇ ὀρέξει
tēî oréxei 		τοῖν ὀρεξέοιν
toîn orexéoin 		ταῖς ὀρέξεσῐ / ὀρέξεσῐν
taîs oréxesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ὄρεξῐν
tḕn órexĭn 		τὼ ὀρέξει
tṑ oréxei 		τᾱ̀ς ὀρέξεις
tā̀s oréxeis
Vocative ὄρεξῐ
órexĭ 		ὀρέξει
oréxei 		ὀρέξεις
oréxeis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: όρεξη (órexi)
  • Pontic Greek: όρεξη (órexi), όροξη (óroxi), ἐρεξη (ἐrexi), ἐριξη (ἐrixi), ἐροξη (ἐroxi)
    • → Laz: ორექსი (oreksi)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὀρέγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1099

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