χάλασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαλάω (khaláō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.la.sis/ → /ˈxa.la.sis/ → /ˈxa.la.sis/

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

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Noun

χᾰ́λᾰσις • (khắlăsis) f (genitive χᾰλᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. relaxation, slackening, loosening

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ χᾰ́λᾰσῐς; τῆς χᾰλᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰ́λᾰσῐς hē khắlăsĭs	τὼ χᾰλᾰ́σει tṑ khălắsei	αἱ χᾰλᾰ́σεις hai khălắseis
Genitive	τῆς χᾰλᾰ́σεως tês khălắseōs	τοῖν χᾰλᾰσέοιν toîn khălăséoin	τῶν χᾰλᾰ́σεων tôn khălắseōn
Dative	τῇ χᾰλᾰ́σει têi khălắsei	τοῖν χᾰλᾰσέοιν toîn khălăséoin	ταῖς χᾰλᾰ́σεσῐ / χᾰλᾰ́σεσῐν taîs khălắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν χᾰ́λᾰσῐν tḕn khắlăsĭn	τὼ χᾰλᾰ́σει tṑ khălắsei	τᾱ̀ς χᾰλᾰ́σεις tā̀s khălắseis
Vocative	χᾰ́λᾰσῐ khắlăsĭ	χᾰλᾰ́σει khălắsei	χᾰλᾰ́σεις khălắseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χάλασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χάλασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χάλασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • loosening idem, page 500.
  • relaxation idem, page 690.
  • slackening idem, page 782.