ὑγρασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑγρός (hugrós, “wet, moist, flexible”) +‎ -ασίᾱ (-asíā).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὑγρᾰσίᾱ • (hugrăsíā) f (genitive ὑγρᾰσίᾱς); first declension

  1. moisture, humidity

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔γρᾰσίᾱ; τῆς ῠ̔γρᾰσίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ ῠ̔γρᾰσίᾱ
hē hŭgrăsíā
Genitive τῆς ῠ̔γρᾰσίᾱς
tês hŭgrăsíās
Dative τῇ ῠ̔γρᾰσίᾳ
tēî hŭgrăsíāi
Accusative τὴν ῠ̔γρᾰσίᾱν
tḕn hŭgrăsíān
Vocative ῠ̔γρᾰσίᾱ
hŭgrăsíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὑγρός (> DER > -ασία)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1525-6

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