μάρανσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰραίνω (maraínō, “to quench; to waste, wither”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, 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 • (máransis) 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 máransis	τὼ μᾰρᾰ́νσει tṑ maránsei	αἱ μᾰρᾰ́νσεις hai maránseis
Genitive	τῆς μᾰρᾰ́νσεως tês maránseōs	τοῖν μᾰρᾰνσέοιν toîn maranséoin	τῶν μᾰρᾰ́νσεων tôn maránseōn
Dative	τῇ μᾰρᾰ́νσει têi maránsei	τοῖν μᾰρᾰνσέοιν toîn maranséoin	ταῖς μᾰρᾰ́νσεσῐ / μᾰρᾰ́νσεσῐν taîs maránsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐν tḕn máransin	τὼ μᾰρᾰ́νσει tṑ maránsei	τᾱ̀ς μᾰρᾰ́νσεις tā̀s maránseis
Vocative	μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐ máransi	μᾰρᾰ́νσει maránsei	μᾰρᾰ́νσεις maránseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐᾰμᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς (diamáransis)
• μᾰρᾰντῐκός (marantikós)

Related terms

• ᾰ̓πομᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς (apomáransis)
• μᾰρᾰσμός (marasmós)

References

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