σφύξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (sphúxis) f (genitive σφῠ́ξεως); third declension

1. pulse

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σφῠ́ξῐς; τῆς σφῠ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σφῠ́ξῐς hē sphúxis	τὼ σφῠ́ξει tṑ sphúxei	αἱ σφῠ́ξεις hai sphúxeis
Genitive	τῆς σφῠ́ξεως tês sphúxeōs	τοῖν σφῠξέοιν toîn sphuxéoin	τῶν σφῠ́ξεων tôn sphúxeōn
Dative	τῇ σφῠ́ξει têi sphúxei	τοῖν σφῠξέοιν toîn sphuxéoin	ταῖς σφῠ́ξεσῐ / σφῠ́ξεσῐν taîs sphúxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σφῠ́ξῐν tḕn sphúxin	τὼ σφῠ́ξει tṑ sphúxei	τᾱ̀ς σφῠ́ξεις tā̀s sphúxeis
Vocative	σφῠ́ξῐ sphúxi	σφῠ́ξει sphúxei	σφῠ́ξεις sphúxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ (asphuxíā)

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