ἀνάτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (ănắtăsĭs) 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 ănắtăsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σει tṑ ănătắsei	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεις hai ănătắseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεως tês ănătắseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰσέοιν toîn ănătăséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεων tôn ănătắseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σει têi ănătắsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰσέοιν toîn ănătăséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs ănătắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰ́τᾰσῐν tḕn ănắtăsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σει tṑ ănătắsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεις tā̀s ănătắseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰ́τᾰσῐ ănắtăsĭ	ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σει ănătắsei	ᾰ̓νᾰτᾰ́σεις ănătắseis
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 (2006–2025)