τῆξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̂ːk.sis/ → /ˈtik.sis/ → /ˈtik.sis/

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

Noun

τῆξῐς • (têxis) f (genitive τήξεως); third declension

1. a melting
2. a wasting, loss of flesh
3. a solution

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τῆξῐς; τῆς τήξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῆξῐς hē têxis	τὼ τήξει tṑ tḗxei	αἱ τήξεις hai tḗxeis
Genitive	τῆς τήξεως tês tḗxeōs	τοῖν τηξέοιν toîn tēxéoin	τῶν τήξεων tôn tḗxeōn
Dative	τῇ τήξει têi tḗxei	τοῖν τηξέοιν toîn tēxéoin	ταῖς τήξεσῐ / τήξεσῐν taîs tḗxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τῆξῐν tḕn têxin	τὼ τήξει tṑ tḗxei	τᾱ̀ς τήξεις tā̀s tḗxeis
Vocative	τῆξῐ têxi	τήξει tḗxei	τήξεις tḗxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Related terms

• ἀνάτηξις (anátēxis)
• ἀπότηξις (apótēxis)
• ἔκτηξις (éktēxis)
• περίτηξις (perítēxis)
• πρόστηξις (próstēxis)
• σύντηξις (súntēxis)
• τηκτικός (tēktikós)

Descendants

Greek: τήξη (tíxi)

Further reading

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