δῆξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̂ːk.sis/ → /ˈðik.sis/ → /ˈðik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛ̂ːk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde̝k.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.sis/

Noun

δῆξῐς • (dêxis) f (genitive δήξεως); third declension

1. bite, biting
2. mental anguish
3. biting joke

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δῆξῐς; τῆς δήξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῆξῐς hē dêxis	τὼ δήξει tṑ dḗxei	αἱ δήξεις hai dḗxeis
Genitive	τῆς δήξεως tês dḗxeōs	τοῖν δηξέοιν toîn dēxéoin	τῶν δήξεων tôn dḗxeōn
Dative	τῇ δήξει têi dḗxei	τοῖν δηξέοιν toîn dēxéoin	ταῖς δήξεσῐ / δήξεσῐν taîs dḗxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῆξῐν tḕn dêxin	τὼ δήξει tṑ dḗxei	τᾱ̀ς δήξεις tā̀s dḗxeis
Vocative	δῆξῐ dêxi	δήξει dḗxei	δήξεις dḗxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δῆξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette