φόρησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φορέω (phoréō, “to bear repeatedly or habitually; to wear clothing”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, action noun suffix). Doublet of φόρεσῐς (phóresĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰó.rɛː.sis/ → /ˈɸo.ri.sis/ → /ˈfo.ri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰó.rɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰo.re̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.ri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ri.sis/

Noun

φόρησῐς • (phórēsĭs) f (genitive φορήσεως); third declension

1. wearing (of clothing)
2. Synonym of φορᾱ́ (phorā́, “being borne”).

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φόρησῐς; τῆς φορήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φόρησῐς hē phórēsĭs	τὼ φορήσει tṑ phorḗsei	αἱ φορήσεις hai phorḗseis
Genitive	τῆς φορήσεως tês phorḗseōs	τοῖν φορησέοιν toîn phorēséoin	τῶν φορήσεων tôn phorḗseōn
Dative	τῇ φορήσει têi phorḗsei	τοῖν φορησέοιν toîn phorēséoin	ταῖς φορήσεσῐ / φορήσεσῐν taîs phorḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν φόρησῐν tḕn phórēsĭn	τὼ φορήσει tṑ phorḗsei	τᾱ̀ς φορήσεις tā̀s phorḗseis
Vocative	φόρησῐ phórēsĭ	φορήσει phorḗsei	φορήσεις phorḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: phoresis, -phoresis
• ⇒ French: phorésie

References

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