διάζησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰζάω (dĭăzáō, “live through”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.áz.dɛː.sis/ → /ðiˈa.zi.sis/ → /ðiˈa.zi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.áz.dɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ze̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zi.sis/

Noun

δῐᾰ́ζησῐς • (dĭắzēsĭs) f (genitive δῐᾰζήσεως); third declension

1. a way of living
   • 300 CE – 500 CE, Stobaeus, Physical and Moral Extracts 2.378

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́ζησῐς; τῆς δῐᾰζήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́ζησῐς hē dĭắzēsĭs	τὼ δῐᾰζήσει tṑ dĭăzḗsei	αἱ δῐᾰζήσεις hai dĭăzḗseis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰζήσεως tês dĭăzḗseōs	τοῖν δῐᾰζησέοιν toîn dĭăzēséoin	τῶν δῐᾰζήσεων tôn dĭăzḗseōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰζήσει têi dĭăzḗsei	τοῖν δῐᾰζησέοιν toîn dĭăzēséoin	ταῖς δῐᾰζήσεσῐ / δῐᾰζήσεσῐν taîs dĭăzḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́ζησῐν tḕn dĭắzēsĭn	τὼ δῐᾰζήσει tṑ dĭăzḗsei	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰζήσεις tā̀s dĭăzḗseis
Vocative	δῐᾰ́ζησῐ dĭắzēsĭ	δῐᾰζήσει dĭăzḗsei	δῐᾰζήσεις dĭăzḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• scientific Latin: Coelodiazesis

References

• “διάζησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διάζησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάζησις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)