αἴτησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

αἰτέω (aitéō) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tɛː.sis/ → /ˈɛ.ti.sis/ → /ˈe.ti.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.te̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ti.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ti.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ti.sis/

Noun

αἴτησῐς • (aítēsĭs) f (genitive αἰτήσεως); third declension

1. request, demand

Declension

Third declension of ἡ αἴτησῐς; τῆς αἰτήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴτησῐς hē aítēsĭs	τὼ αἰτήσει tṑ aitḗsei	αἱ αἰτήσεις hai aitḗseis
Genitive	τῆς αἰτήσεως tês aitḗseōs	τοῖν αἰτησέοιν toîn aitēséoin	τῶν αἰτήσεων tôn aitḗseōn
Dative	τῇ αἰτήσει têi aitḗsei	τοῖν αἰτησέοιν toîn aitēséoin	ταῖς αἰτήσεσῐ / αἰτήσεσῐν taîs aitḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν αἴτησῐν tḕn aítēsĭn	τὼ αἰτήσει tṑ aitḗsei	τᾱ̀ς αἰτήσεις tā̀s aitḗseis
Vocative	αἴτησῐ aítēsĭ	αἰτήσει aitḗsei	αἰτήσεις aitḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αίτηση (aítisi)

Further reading

• αἴτησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴτησις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “αἴτησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • application idem, page 36.
  • asking idem, page 44.
  • demand idem, page 209.
  • entreaty idem, page 278.
  • request idem, page 700.
  • solicitation idem, page 792.