ἐπένθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπεντῐ́θημῐ (epentĭ́thēmĭ, “I insert”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pén.tʰe.sis/ → /eˈpen.θe.sis/ → /eˈpen.θe.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pén.tʰe.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpen.tʰe.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpen.θe.sis/

Noun

ἐπένθεσῐς • (epénthesĭs) f (genitive ἐπενθέσεως); third declension

1. (grammar) Insertion of a letter

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπένθεσῐς; τῆς ἐπενθέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπένθεσῐς hē epénthesĭs	τὼ ἐπενθέσει tṑ epenthései	αἱ ἐπενθέσεις hai epenthéseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπενθέσεως tês epenthéseōs	τοῖν ἐπενθεσέοιν toîn epentheséoin	τῶν ἐπενθέσεων tôn epenthéseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπενθέσει têi epenthései	τοῖν ἐπενθεσέοιν toîn epentheséoin	ταῖς ἐπενθέσεσῐ / ἐπενθέσεσῐν taîs epenthésesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπένθεσῐν tḕn epénthesĭn	τὼ ἐπενθέσει tṑ epenthései	τᾱ̀ς ἐπενθέσεις tā̀s epenthéseis
Vocative	ἐπένθεσῐ epénthesĭ	ἐπενθέσει epenthései	ἐπενθέσεις epenthéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós)

Further reading

• “ἐπένθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπένθεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette