ἀνάπτυξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀναπτύσσω (anaptússō, “I unfold”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.náp.tyk.sis/ → /aˈnap.tyk.sis/ → /aˈnap.tik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.náp.tyk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈnap.tyk.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈnap.tyk.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈnap.tyk.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈnap.tik.sis/

Noun

ἀνάπτυξις • (anáptuxis) f (genitive ἀναπτύξεως); third declension

1. gaping, opening, unfolding

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀνάπτυξῐς; τῆς ἀναπτύξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνάπτυξῐς hē anáptuxĭs	τὼ ἀναπτύξει tṑ anaptúxei	αἱ ἀναπτύξεις hai anaptúxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἀναπτύξεως tês anaptúxeōs	τοῖν ἀναπτυξέοιν toîn anaptuxéoin	τῶν ἀναπτύξεων tôn anaptúxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἀναπτύξει têi anaptúxei	τοῖν ἀναπτυξέοιν toîn anaptuxéoin	ταῖς ἀναπτύξεσῐ / ἀναπτύξεσῐν taîs anaptúxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀνάπτυξῐν tḕn anáptuxĭn	τὼ ἀναπτύξει tṑ anaptúxei	τᾱ̀ς ἀναπτύξεις tā̀s anaptúxeis
Vocative	ἀνάπτυξῐ anáptuxĭ	ἀναπτύξει anaptúxei	ἀναπτύξεις anaptúxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: anaptyxis
• → French: anaptyxe
• Greek: ανάπτυξη (anáptyxi)

Further reading

• “ἀνάπτυξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνάπτυξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάπτυξις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀνάπτυξις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften