μάρανσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to quench; to waste, wither”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.ran.sis/ → /ˈma.ran.sis/ → /ˈma.ran.sis/

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

Noun

μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς • (mắrănsĭs) f (genitive μᾰρᾰ́νσεως); third declension

1. causing to die away
2. dying or fading away

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς; τῆς μᾰρᾰ́νσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς hē mắrănsĭs	τὼ μᾰρᾰ́νσει tṑ mărắnsei	αἱ μᾰρᾰ́νσεις hai mărắnseis
Genitive	τῆς μᾰρᾰ́νσεως tês mărắnseōs	τοῖν μᾰρᾰνσέοιν toîn mărănséoin	τῶν μᾰρᾰ́νσεων tôn mărắnseōn
Dative	τῇ μᾰρᾰ́νσει têi mărắnsei	τοῖν μᾰρᾰνσέοιν toîn mărănséoin	ταῖς μᾰρᾰ́νσεσῐ / μᾰρᾰ́νσεσῐν taîs mărắnsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐν tḕn mắrănsĭn	τὼ μᾰρᾰ́νσει tṑ mărắnsei	τᾱ̀ς μᾰρᾰ́νσεις tā̀s mărắnseis
Vocative	μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐ mắrănsĭ	μᾰρᾰ́νσει mărắnsei	μᾰρᾰ́νσεις mărắnseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐᾰμᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς (dĭămắrănsĭs)
• μᾰρᾰντῐκός (mărăntĭkós)

Related terms

• ᾰ̓πομᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς (ăpomắrănsĭs)
• μᾰρᾰσμός (mărăsmós)

References

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