ἀνάκρουσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνακρούω (anakroúō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.kruː.sis/ → /aˈna.kru.sis/ → /aˈna.kru.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ná.kruː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈna.kru.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.kru.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.kru.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.kru.sis/

Noun

ἀνάκρουσῐς • (anákrousĭs) f (genitive ἀνακρούσεως); third declension

1. pushing back

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́κρουσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́κρουσῐς hē ănắkrousĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσει tṑ ănăkroúsei	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσεις hai ănăkroúseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσεως tês ănăkroúseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰκρουσέοιν toîn ănăkrouséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσεων tôn ănăkroúseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσει têi ănăkroúsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰκρουσέοιν toîn ănăkrouséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσεσῐ / ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσεσῐν taîs ănăkroúsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰ́κρουσῐν tḕn ănắkrousĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσει tṑ ănăkroúsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσεις tā̀s ănăkroúseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰ́κρουσῐ ănắkrousĭ	ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσει ănăkroúsei	ᾰ̓νᾰκρούσεις ănăkroúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: ανάκρουση (anákrousi)
• → Catalan: anacrusi
• → English: anacrusis
• → Finnish: anakruusi
• → French: anacrouse
• → Italian: anacrusi
• → Polish: anakruza
• → Portuguese: anacruse
• → Russian: анакру́за (anakrúza)
• → Spanish: anacrusa

Further reading

• ἀνάκρουσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάκρουσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀνάκρουσις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀνάκρουσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press