ἀνάστασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀνίστημι (anístēmi, “rise up”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nás.ta.sis/ → /aˈnas.ta.sis/ → /aˈnas.ta.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nás.ta.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈnas.ta.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈnas.ta.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈnas.ta.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈnas.ta.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́στᾰσῐς • (anástasis) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεως or ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σῐος); third declension

1. standing up
2. the act of making someone move, removal
3. resurrection, anastasis

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́στᾰσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́στᾰσῐς hē anástasis	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σει tṑ anastásei	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεις hai anastáseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεως tês anastáseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰσέοιν toîn anastaséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεων tôn anastáseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σει têi anastásei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰσέοιν toîn anastaséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεσῐν taîs anastásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰ́στᾰσῐν tḕn anástasin	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σει tṑ anastásei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεις tā̀s anastáseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰ́στᾰσῐ anástasi	ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σει anastásei	ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σεις anastáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰσῐ́ᾱ (Anastasíā)
• Ᾰ̓νᾰστᾰ́σῐος (Anastásios)

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲥ (anastasis)
• → English: anastasis
• Greek: ανάσταση (anástasi)
• → Latin: anastasis

References

• “ἀνάστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνάστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνάστασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G386 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀνάστασις 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
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • collapse idem, page 142.
  • crash idem, page 182.
  • depopulation idem, page 212.
  • deportation idem, page 212.
  • destruction idem, page 218.
  • devastation idem, page 220.
  • displacement idem, page 236.
  • downfall idem, page 249.
  • migration idem, page 528.
  • overthrow idem, page 586.
  • removal idem, page 694.
  • resurrection idem, page 706.
  • revival idem, page 710.
  • ruin idem, page 725.
  • smash idem, page 786.
  • upheaval idem, page 938.
  • waking idem, page 960.
  • wasting idem, page 965.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 706