σφύξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σφύζω (sphúzō, “throb”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰýk.sis/ → /ˈsɸyk.sis/ → /ˈsfik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰýk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰyk.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸyk.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfyk.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfik.sis/

Noun

σφῠ́ξῐς • (sphŭ́xĭs) f (genitive σφῠ́ξεως); third declension

1. pulse

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σφῠ́ξῐς; τῆς σφῠ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σφῠ́ξῐς hē sphŭ́xĭs	τὼ σφῠ́ξει tṑ sphŭ́xei	αἱ σφῠ́ξεις hai sphŭ́xeis
Genitive	τῆς σφῠ́ξεως tês sphŭ́xeōs	τοῖν σφῠξέοιν toîn sphŭxéoin	τῶν σφῠ́ξεων tôn sphŭ́xeōn
Dative	τῇ σφῠ́ξει têi sphŭ́xei	τοῖν σφῠξέοιν toîn sphŭxéoin	ταῖς σφῠ́ξεσῐ / σφῠ́ξεσῐν taîs sphŭ́xesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σφῠ́ξῐν tḕn sphŭ́xĭn	τὼ σφῠ́ξει tṑ sphŭ́xei	τᾱ̀ς σφῠ́ξεις tā̀s sphŭ́xeis
Vocative	σφῠ́ξῐ sphŭ́xĭ	σφῠ́ξει sphŭ́xei	σφῠ́ξεις sphŭ́xeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ (ăsphŭxĭ́ā)

Related terms

• σφυγμός (sphugmós)

References

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