ἐκτομίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Peculiar feminine form of ἐκτομεύς (ektomeús). Ultimately from ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “cut out”) +‎ -ίς (-ís, “a suffix that forms feminine nouns, or feminine forms of adjectives”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.to.mís/ → /ek.toˈmis/ → /ek.toˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.to.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmis/

Noun

ἐκτομίς • (ektomís) f (genitive ἐκτομίδος); third declension

1. cutting down

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐκτομῐ́ς; τῆς ἐκτομῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐκτομῐ́ς hē ektomís	τὼ ἐκτομῐ́δε tṑ ektomíde	αἱ ἐκτομῐ́δες hai ektomídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐκτομῐ́δος tês ektomídos	τοῖν ἐκτομῐ́δοιν toîn ektomídoin	τῶν ἐκτομῐ́δων tôn ektomídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκτομῐ́δῐ têi ektomídi	τοῖν ἐκτομῐ́δοιν toîn ektomídoin	ταῖς ἐκτομῐ́σῐ / ἐκτομῐ́σῐν taîs ektomísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐκτομῐ́δᾰ tḕn ektomída	τὼ ἐκτομῐ́δε tṑ ektomíde	τᾱ̀ς ἐκτομῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ektomídas
Vocative	ἐκτομῐ́ς ektomís	ἐκτομῐ́δε ektomíde	ἐκτομῐ́δες ektomídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• ἐκτομίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐκτομίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐκτομίς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐκτομίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press