προσκύνησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

προσκυνέω (proskunéō, “to prostrate oneself”) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pros.ký.nɛː.sis/ → /prosˈcy.ni.sis/ → /prosˈci.ni.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pros.ký.nɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prosˈky.ne̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prosˈcy.ni.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prosˈcy.ni.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /prosˈci.ni.sis/

Noun

προσκῠ́νησῐς • (proskúnēsis) f (genitive προσκῠνήσεως); third declension

1. proskynesis (prostration as an act of obeisance)
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 887e

Declension

Third declension of ἡ προσκῠ́νησῐς; τῆς προσκῠνήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προσκῠ́νησῐς hē proskúnēsis	τὼ προσκῠνήσει tṑ proskunḗsei	αἱ προσκῠνήσεις hai proskunḗseis
Genitive	τῆς προσκῠνήσεως tês proskunḗseōs	τοῖν προσκῠνησέοιν toîn proskunēséoin	τῶν προσκῠνήσεων tôn proskunḗseōn
Dative	τῇ προσκῠνήσει têi proskunḗsei	τοῖν προσκῠνησέοιν toîn proskunēséoin	ταῖς προσκῠνήσεσῐ / προσκῠνήσεσῐν taîs proskunḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν προσκῠ́νησῐν tḕn proskúnēsin	τὼ προσκῠνήσει tṑ proskunḗsei	τᾱ̀ς προσκῠνήσεις tā̀s proskunḗseis
Vocative	προσκῠ́νησῐ proskúnēsi	προσκῠνήσει proskunḗsei	προσκῠνήσεις proskunḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: proskynesis
• → French: proskynèse

References

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