περίλυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐλῡ́ω (perĭlū́ō, “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 • (perílŭsĭs) 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 perĭ́lŭsĭs	τὼ περῐλῠ́σει tṑ perĭlŭ́sei	αἱ περῐλῠ́σεις hai perĭlŭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς περῐλῠ́σεως tês perĭlŭ́seōs	τοῖν περῐλῠσέοιν toîn perĭlŭséoin	τῶν περῐλῠ́σεων tôn perĭlŭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ περῐλῠ́σει têi perĭlŭ́sei	τοῖν περῐλῠσέοιν toîn perĭlŭséoin	ταῖς περῐλῠ́σεσῐ / περῐλῠ́σεσῐν taîs perĭlŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν περῐ́λῠσῐν tḕn perĭ́lŭsĭn	τὼ περῐλῠ́σει tṑ perĭlŭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς περῐλῠ́σεις tā̀s perĭlŭ́seis
Vocative	περῐ́λῠσῐ perĭ́lŭsĭ	περῐλῠ́σει perĭlŭ́sei	περῐλῠ́σεις perĭlŭ́seis
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