κάρωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.rɔː.sis/ → /ˈka.ro.sis/ → /ˈka.ro.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.rɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ro.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ro.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ro.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ro.sis/

Noun

κᾰ́ρωσῐς • (kắrōsĭs) f (genitive κᾰρώσεως); third declension

1. heaviness in the head, drowsiness

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰ́ρωσῐς; τῆς κᾰρώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́ρωσῐς hē kắrōsĭs	τὼ κᾰρώσει tṑ kărṓsei	αἱ κᾰρώσεις hai kărṓseis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰρώσεως tês kărṓseōs	τοῖν κᾰρωσέοιν toîn kărōséoin	τῶν κᾰρώσεων tôn kărṓseōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰρώσει têi kărṓsei	τοῖν κᾰρωσέοιν toîn kărōséoin	ταῖς κᾰρώσεσῐ / κᾰρώσεσῐν taîs kărṓsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ρωσῐν tḕn kắrōsĭn	τὼ κᾰρώσει tṑ kărṓsei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰρώσεις tā̀s kărṓseis
Vocative	κᾰ́ρωσῐ kắrōsĭ	κᾰρώσει kărṓsei	κᾰρώσεις kărṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰρωτῐκός (kărōtĭkós, adjective)

Related terms

• κᾰρώδης (kărṓdēs)
• κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des)

References

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