παρουσία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρών (parṓn, “present”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ruː.sí.aː/ → /pa.ruˈsi.a/ → /pa.ruˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ruː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ruˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ruˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ruˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ruˈsi.a/

Noun

πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ • (părousĭ́ā) f (genitive πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. presence
   1. arrival, especially a visit of a royal or official person
   2. occasion
   3. (Christianity) the advent, second coming
   4. (astrology) situation of a planet at a point on the zodiac
2. substance, property
   1. monetary contribution

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ hē părousĭ́ā	τὼ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ părousĭ́ā	αἱ πᾰρουσῐ́αι hai părousĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱς tês părousĭ́ās	τοῖν πᾰρουσῐ́αιν toîn părousĭ́ain	τῶν πᾰρουσῐῶν tôn părousĭôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾳ têi părousĭ́āi	τοῖν πᾰρουσῐ́αιν toîn părousĭ́ain	ταῖς πᾰρουσῐ́αις taîs părousĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱν tḕn părousĭ́ān	τὼ πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ părousĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s părousĭ́ās
Vocative	πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ părousĭ́ā	πᾰρουσῐ́ᾱ părousĭ́ā	πᾰρουσῐ́αι părousĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: parousia, parusia
• → French: parousie
• Greek: παρουσία (parousía)

Further reading

• “παρουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3952 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía).

Noun

παρουσία • (parousía) f (plural παρουσίες)

1. presence (being present)

   Antonym: απουσία (apousía)

Declension

Declension of παρουσία

	singular	plural
nominative	παρουσία (parousía)	παρουσίες (parousíes)
genitive	παρουσίας (parousías)	παρουσιών (parousión)
accusative	παρουσία (parousía)	παρουσίες (parousíes)
vocative	παρουσία (parousía)	παρουσίες (parousíes)

Related terms

• παρουσιάζω (parousiázo, “to be present”)