Λύσις

See also: λύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.sis/ → /ˈly.sis/ → /ˈli.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.sis/

Proper noun

Λῠ́σῐς • (Lúsis) m (genitive Λῠ́σῐδος); third declension

1. Lysis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λῠ́σῐς; τῆς Λῠ́σῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λῠ́σῐς hē Lúsis
Genitive	τῆς Λῠ́σῐδος tês Lúsidos
Dative	τῇ Λῠ́σῐδῐ têi Lúsidi
Accusative	τὴν Λῠ́σῐδᾰ tḕn Lúsida
Vocative	Λῠ́σῐς Lúsis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Λύσις (Lýsis)
• Italian: Liside
• Latin: Lysis
• Sicilian: Lisidi

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016