παρένθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρεντῐ́θημῐ (părentĭ́thēmĭ, “I put in beside, mix up”) +‎ -σις (-sis), from πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside”) + ἐν (en, “in”) + τῐ́θημῐ (tĭ́thēmĭ, “I put, place”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rén.tʰe.sis/ → /paˈren.θe.sis/ → /paˈren.θe.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rén.tʰe.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈren.tʰe.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈren.θe.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈren.θe.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈren.θe.sis/

Noun

πᾰρένθεσῐς • (părénthesĭs) f (genitive πᾰρενθέσεως); third declension

1. a putting in beside, injection
2. insertion
3. (grammar) parenthesis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρένθεσῐς; τῆς πᾰρενθέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρένθεσῐς hē părénthesĭs	τὼ πᾰρενθέσει tṑ părenthései	αἱ πᾰρενθέσεις hai părenthéseis
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρενθέσεως tês părenthéseōs	τοῖν πᾰρενθεσέοιν toîn părentheséoin	τῶν πᾰρενθέσεων tôn părenthéseōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρενθέσει têi părenthései	τοῖν πᾰρενθεσέοιν toîn părentheséoin	ταῖς πᾰρενθέσεσῐ / πᾰρενθέσεσῐν taîs părenthésesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρένθεσῐν tḕn părénthesĭn	τὼ πᾰρενθέσει tṑ părenthései	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρενθέσεις tā̀s părenthéseis
Vocative	πᾰρένθεσῐ părénthesĭ	πᾰρενθέσει părenthései	πᾰρενθέσεις părenthéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: parenthesis
  • → French: parenthèse
• Greek: παρένθεση (parénthesi)

Further reading

• “παρένθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παρένθεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette