στάξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στάζω (stázō, “I drop”) +‎ -σις (-sis, suffix to form a feminine noun).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sták.sis/ → /ˈstak.sis/ → /ˈstak.sis/

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

Noun

στάξῐς • (stáxĭs) f (genitive στάξεως); third declension

1. dropping, dripping (e.g. of blood from the nose)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στᾰ́ξῐς; τῆς στᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στᾰ́ξῐς hē stắxĭs	τὼ στᾰ́ξει tṑ stắxei	αἱ στᾰ́ξεις hai stắxeis
Genitive	τῆς στᾰ́ξεως tês stắxeōs	τοῖν στᾰξέοιν toîn stăxéoin	τῶν στᾰ́ξεων tôn stắxeōn
Dative	τῇ στᾰ́ξει têi stắxei	τοῖν στᾰξέοιν toîn stăxéoin	ταῖς στᾰ́ξεσῐ / στᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs stắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν στᾰ́ξῐν tḕn stắxĭn	τὼ στᾰ́ξει tṑ stắxei	τᾱ̀ς στᾰ́ξεις tā̀s stắxeis
Vocative	στᾰ́ξῐ stắxĭ	στᾰ́ξει stắxei	στᾰ́ξεις stắxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπίσταξις (epístaxis, “nosebleed”)

Further reading

• “στάξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press