ἐξέτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξετᾰ́ζω (exetắzō, “to examine, scrutinize, review”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.sé.ta.sis/ → /ekˈse.ta.sis/ → /ekˈse.ta.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.sé.ta.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.ta.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.ta.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.ta.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈse.ta.sis/

Noun

ἐξέτᾰσῐς • (exétăsĭs) f (genitive ἐξετᾰ́σεως); third declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

1. close examination, scrutiny, test, inquiry
2. military inspection or review
3. arrangement, order

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐξέτᾰσῐς; τῆς ἐξετᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐξέτᾰσῐς hē exétăsĭs	τὼ ἐξετᾰ́σει tṑ exetắsei	αἱ ἐξετᾰ́σεις hai exetắseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐξετᾰ́σεως tês exetắseōs	τοῖν ἐξετᾰσέοιν toîn exetăséoin	τῶν ἐξετᾰ́σεων tôn exetắseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐξετᾰ́σει têi exetắsei	τοῖν ἐξετᾰσέοιν toîn exetăséoin	ταῖς ἐξετᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐξετᾰ́σεσῐν taîs exetắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐξέτᾰσῐν tḕn exétăsĭn	τὼ ἐξετᾰ́σει tṑ exetắsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐξετᾰ́σεις tā̀s exetắseis
Vocative	ἐξέτᾰσῐ exétăsĭ	ἐξετᾰ́σει exetắsei	ἐξετᾰ́σεις exetắseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: εξέταση (exétasi)

Further reading

• “ἐξέτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐξέτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐξέτασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette