στίξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στίζω (stízō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stík.sis/ → /ˈstik.sis/ → /ˈstik.sis/

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

Noun

στῐ́ξῐς • (stĭ́xĭs) f (genitive στῐ́ξεως); third declension

1. marking (e.g., of musical notes)
   • Anon., Bellerm. 79
   1. (Byzantine) punctuation
      • CAG XXI.2.196.5
2. a spot or mark
   • Sch., A.R. 1.221
   • ScholApRh 27.18
   1. (Byzantine) a tattoo (skin decoration)
      • ManasL 4917
      • ManasL 4922
3. (Byzantine) a stab, sting, prick, blow, or hit
   • PG 140.917D

Declension

Third declension of ἡ στῐ́ξῐς; τῆς στῐ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στῐ́ξῐς hē stĭ́xĭs	τὼ στῐ́ξει tṑ stĭ́xei	αἱ στῐ́ξεις hai stĭ́xeis
Genitive	τῆς στῐ́ξεως tês stĭ́xeōs	τοῖν στῐξέοιν toîn stĭxéoin	τῶν στῐ́ξεων tôn stĭ́xeōn
Dative	τῇ στῐ́ξει têi stĭ́xei	τοῖν στῐξέοιν toîn stĭxéoin	ταῖς στῐ́ξεσῐ / στῐ́ξεσῐν taîs stĭ́xesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν στῐ́ξῐν tḕn stĭ́xĭn	τὼ στῐ́ξει tṑ stĭ́xei	τᾱ̀ς στῐ́ξεις tā̀s stĭ́xeis
Vocative	στῐ́ξῐ stĭ́xĭ	στῐ́ξει stĭ́xei	στῐ́ξεις stĭ́xeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: στίξη (stíxi)
• → Translingual: Stixis

References

• “στίξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στίξις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften