μέθεξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

μετέχω (metékhō) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.tʰek.sis/ → /ˈme.θek.sis/ → /ˈme.θek.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.tʰek.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tʰek.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.θek.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.θek.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.θek.sis/

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Noun

μέθεξις • (méthexis) f (genitive μέθεξεως); third declension

1. participation, partaking
2. (theater) a form of theater involving audience participation and improvisation
3. (philosophy) the relation between a particular and a Platonic form

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μέθεξῐς; τῆς μεθέξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μέθεξῐς hē méthexĭs	τὼ μεθέξει tṑ methéxei	αἱ μεθέξεις hai methéxeis
Genitive	τῆς μεθέξεως tês methéxeōs	τοῖν μεθεξέοιν toîn methexéoin	τῶν μεθέξεων tôn methéxeōn
Dative	τῇ μεθέξει têi methéxei	τοῖν μεθεξέοιν toîn methexéoin	ταῖς μεθέξεσῐ / μεθέξεσῐν taîs methéxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μέθεξῐν tḕn méthexĭn	τὼ μεθέξει tṑ methéxei	τᾱ̀ς μεθέξεις tā̀s methéxeis
Vocative	μέθεξῐ méthexĭ	μεθέξει methéxei	μεθέξεις methéxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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