ἀσφυξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ σφῠ́ξῐς (sphŭ́xĭs, “pulse”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.pʰyk.sí.aː/ → /as.ɸykˈsi.a/ → /as.fikˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.pʰyk.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.pʰykˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.ɸykˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.fykˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.fikˈsi.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ • (ăsphŭxĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. stopping of the pulse

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ hē ăsphŭxĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăsphŭxĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αι hai ăsphŭxĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱς tês ăsphŭxĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αιν toîn ăsphŭxĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓σφῠξῐῶν tôn ăsphŭxĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾳ têi ăsphŭxĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αιν toîn ăsphŭxĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αις taîs ăsphŭxĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăsphŭxĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăsphŭxĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăsphŭxĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ ăsphŭxĭ́ā	ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ ăsphŭxĭ́ā	ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αι ăsphŭxĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀσφυξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσφυξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσφυξία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)