περίλυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐλῡ́ω (perilū́ō, “loosen about”) +‎ -σις (-sis, “a suffix forming abstract nouns of or nouns of action, result or process”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.rí.ly.sis/ → /peˈri.ly.sis/ → /peˈri.li.sis/

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

Noun

περίλῠσῐς • (perílusis) f (genitive περῐλύσεως); third declension

1. cancellation
2. repudiation

Declension

Third declension of ἡ περῐ́λῠσῐς; τῆς περῐλῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περῐ́λῠσῐς hē perílusis	τὼ περῐλῠ́σει tṑ perilúsei	αἱ περῐλῠ́σεις hai perilúseis
Genitive	τῆς περῐλῠ́σεως tês perilúseōs	τοῖν περῐλῠσέοιν toîn periluséoin	τῶν περῐλῠ́σεων tôn perilúseōn
Dative	τῇ περῐλῠ́σει têi perilúsei	τοῖν περῐλῠσέοιν toîn periluséoin	ταῖς περῐλῠ́σεσῐ / περῐλῠ́σεσῐν taîs perilúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν περῐ́λῠσῐν tḕn perílusin	τὼ περῐλῠ́σει tṑ perilúsei	τᾱ̀ς περῐλῠ́σεις tā̀s perilúseis
Vocative	περῐ́λῠσῐ perílusi	περῐλῠ́σει perilúsei	περῐλῠ́σεις perilúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “περίλυσις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “περίλυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press