ἀνάτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓νᾰτείνω (anateínō, “to lift up, stretch forth”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́τᾰσῐς • (anátasis) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. extension
   1. (abstractly) height
2. stretching out
3. intensity, inflexibility
4. endurance of hunger, fasting
5. (figurative) straining, effort

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́τᾰσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰ́τᾰσῐς hē anátasis	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σει tṑ anatásei	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεις hai anatáseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεως tês anatáseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰσέοιν toîn anataséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεων tôn anatáseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σει têi anatásei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰσέοιν toîn anataséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs anatásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰ́τᾰσῐν tḕn anátasin	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σει tṑ anatásei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεις tā̀s anatáseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰ́τᾰσῐ anátasi	ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σει anatásei	ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεις anatáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀνάτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνάτασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάτασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)