δίωξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διώκω (diṓkō) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.ɔːk.sis/ → /ˈði.ok.sis/ → /ˈði.ok.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.ɔːk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ok.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ok.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ok.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ok.sis/

Noun

δίωξῐς • (díōxis) f (genitive δῐώξεως); third declension

1. chase, pursuit
2. (law) prosecution

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δῐ́ωξῐς; τῆς δῐώξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐ́ωξῐς hē díōxis	τὼ δῐώξει tṑ diṓxei	αἱ δῐώξεις hai diṓxeis
Genitive	τῆς δῐώξεως tês diṓxeōs	τοῖν δῐωξέοιν toîn diōxéoin	τῶν δῐώξεων tôn diṓxeōn
Dative	τῇ δῐώξει têi diṓxei	τοῖν δῐωξέοιν toîn diōxéoin	ταῖς δῐώξεσῐ / δῐώξεσῐν taîs diṓxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐ́ωξῐν tḕn díōxin	τὼ δῐώξει tṑ diṓxei	τᾱ̀ς δῐώξεις tā̀s diṓxeis
Vocative	δῐ́ωξῐ díōxi	δῐώξει diṓxei	δῐώξεις diṓxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• δίωξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δίωξις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δίωξις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “δίωξις”, 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.
  • chase idem, page 126.
  • hunt idem, page 410.
  • prosecution idem, page 653.
  • pursuit idem, page 659.