ἀναχώρησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓νᾰχωρέω (anakhōréō, “to retire, retreat”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.na.kʰɔ̌ː.rɛː.sis/ → /a.naˈxo.ri.sis/ → /a.naˈxo.ri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.na.kʰɔ̌ː.rɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.naˈkʰo.re̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.naˈxo.ri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.naˈxo.ri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.naˈxo.ri.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰχώρησῐς • (anakhṓrēsis) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεως); third declension

1. retiring, retreat

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰχώρησῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰχώρησῐς hē anakhṓrēsis	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσει tṑ anakhōrḗsei	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεις hai anakhōrḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεως tês anakhōrḗseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰχωρησέοιν toîn anakhōrēséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεων tôn anakhōrḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσει têi anakhōrḗsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰχωρησέοιν toîn anakhōrēséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεσῐ / ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεσῐν taîs anakhōrḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰχώρησῐν tḕn anakhṓrēsin	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσει tṑ anakhōrḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεις tā̀s anakhōrḗseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰχώρησῐ anakhṓrēsi	ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσει anakhōrḗsei	ᾰ̓νᾰχωρήσεις anakhōrḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀναχώρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀναχώρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers