παράλυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παραλύω (paralúō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rá.ly.sis/ → /paˈra.ly.sis/ → /paˈra.li.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá.ly.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ly.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ly.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ly.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.li.sis/

Noun

παράλυσις • (parálusis) f (genitive παραλύσεως); third declension

1. paralysis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰ́λῠσῐς; τῆς πᾰρᾰλῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰ́λῠσῐς hē părắlŭsĭs	τὼ πᾰρᾰλῠ́σει tṑ părălŭ́sei	αἱ πᾰρᾰλῠ́σεις hai părălŭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰλῠ́σεως tês părălŭ́seōs	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλῠσέοιν toîn părălŭséoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰλῠ́σεων tôn părălŭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰλῠ́σει têi părălŭ́sei	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλῠσέοιν toîn părălŭséoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰλῠ́σεσῐ / πᾰρᾰλῠ́σεσῐν taîs părălŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰ́λῠσῐν tḕn părắlŭsĭn	τὼ πᾰρᾰλῠ́σει tṑ părălŭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰλῠ́σεις tā̀s părălŭ́seis
Vocative	πᾰρᾰ́λῠσῐ părắlŭsĭ	πᾰρᾰλῠ́σει părălŭ́sei	πᾰρᾰλῠ́σεις părălŭ́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: παράλυση (parálysi)
• → English: paralysis
• → Latin: paralysis

References

• “παράλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παράλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παράλυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette