διάκρισις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

διακρίνω (diakrínō) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.kri.sis/ → /ðiˈa.kri.sis/ → /ðiˈa.kri.sis/

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

Noun

δῐάκρῐσῐς • (diákrisis) f (genitive δῐακρίσεως); third declension

1. separation, dissolution

   Antonym: σύγκρισις (súnkrisis)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́κρῐσῐς; τῆς δῐᾰκρῐ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́κρῐσῐς hē diákrisis	τὼ δῐᾰκρῐ́σει tṑ diakrísei	αἱ δῐᾰκρῐ́σεις hai diakríseis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰκρῐ́σεως tês diakríseōs	τοῖν δῐᾰκρῐσέοιν toîn diakriséoin	τῶν δῐᾰκρῐ́σεων tôn diakríseōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰκρῐ́σει têi diakrísei	τοῖν δῐᾰκρῐσέοιν toîn diakriséoin	ταῖς δῐᾰκρῐ́σεσῐ / δῐᾰκρῐ́σεσῐν taîs diakrísesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́κρῐσῐν tḕn diákrisin	τὼ δῐᾰκρῐ́σει tṑ diakrísei	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰκρῐ́σεις tā̀s diakríseis
Vocative	δῐᾰ́κρῐσῐ diákrisi	δῐᾰκρῐ́σει diakrísei	δῐᾰκρῐ́σεις diakríseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “διάκρισις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press