ἄκουσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) +‎ -σις (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kuː.sis/ → /ˈa.ku.sis/ → /ˈa.ku.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kuː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/

Noun

ἄκουσῐς • (ákousĭs) f (genitive ἀ̆κούσεως); third declension

1. Hearing.
2. (in the plural) Synonym of ἀκουσμάτια (akousmátia).

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́κουσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓κούσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́κουσῐς hē ắkousĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓κούσει tṑ ăkoúsei	αἱ ᾰ̓κούσεις hai ăkoúseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓κούσεως tês ăkoúseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓κουσέοιν toîn ăkouséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓κούσεων tôn ăkoúseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓κούσει têi ăkoúsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓κουσέοιν toîn ăkouséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓κούσεσῐ / ᾰ̓κούσεσῐν taîs ăkoúsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́κουσῐν tḕn ắkousĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓κούσει tṑ ăkoúsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κούσεις tā̀s ăkoúseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κουσῐ ắkousĭ	ᾰ̓κούσει ăkoúsei	ᾰ̓κούσεις ăkoúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ English: hyperacusis

References

• “ἄκουσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press