δέσις
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From δέω (déō, “to bind, tie, fasten”) + -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dé.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðe.sis/
Noun
[edit]δέσῐς • (désis) f (genitive δέσεως); third declension
- Binding together, setting of stones, tying in bundles.
- Complication of a dramatic plot.
- Synonym: λῠ́σῐς (lúsis)
- Synonym of δέσμη (désmē), probably of a belt purse.
- (botany) A joint.
- Complication of a dramatic plot.
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δέσῐς hē désis |
τὼ δέσει tṑ dései |
αἱ δέσεις hai déseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δέσεως tês déseōs |
τοῖν δεσέοιν toîn deséoin |
τῶν δέσεων tôn déseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δέσει têi dései |
τοῖν δεσέοιν toîn deséoin |
ταῖς δέσεσῐ / δέσεσῐν taîs désesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δέσῐν tḕn désin |
τὼ δέσει tṑ dései |
τᾱ̀ς δέσεις tā̀s déseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | δέσῐ dési |
δέσει dései |
δέσεις déseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ᾰ̓νᾰ́δεσῐς (anádesis)
- ᾰ̓πόδεσῐς (apódesis)
- δῐᾰ́δεσῐς (diádesis)
- ἔνδεσῐς (éndesis)
- ἐπῐ́δεσῐς (epídesis)
- κᾰτᾰ́δεσῐς (katádesis)
- κλημᾰτόδεσῐς (klēmatódesis)
- κλῑμᾰκόδεσῐς (klīmakódesis)
- περῐ́δεσῐς (perídesis)
- πρόσδεσῐς (prósdesis)
- σῠ́νδεσῐς (súndesis)
- ῠ̔πόδεσῐς (hupódesis)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: -desis
References
[edit]- “δέσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₁-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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