σπάσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπᾰ́ω (spắō, “to draw”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spá.sis/ → /ˈspa.sis/ → /ˈspa.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spá.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.sis/

Noun

σπᾰ́σῐς • (spắsĭs) f (genitive σπᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. drawing up, traction
2. drawing in, suction

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπᾰ́σῐς; τῆς σπᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπᾰ́σῐς hē spắsĭs	τὼ σπᾰ́σει tṑ spắsei	αἱ σπᾰ́σεις hai spắseis
Genitive	τῆς σπᾰ́σεως tês spắseōs	τοῖν σπᾰσέοιν toîn spăséoin	τῶν σπᾰ́σεων tôn spắseōn
Dative	τῇ σπᾰ́σει têi spắsei	τοῖν σπᾰσέοιν toîn spăséoin	ταῖς σπᾰ́σεσῐ / σπᾰ́σεσῐν taîs spắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπᾰ́σῐν tḕn spắsĭn	τὼ σπᾰ́σει tṑ spắsei	τᾱ̀ς σπᾰ́σεις tā̀s spắseis
Vocative	σπᾰ́σῐ spắsĭ	σπᾰ́σει spắsei	σπᾰ́σεις spắseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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