ἐπίδειξις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπίδεξις (epídexis) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἐπιδείκνῡμι (epideíknūmi, “to show, display”) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.deːk.sis/ → /eˈpi.ðik.sis/ → /eˈpi.ðik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.deːk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.dik.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðik.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðik.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðik.sis/

Noun

ἐπίδειξις • (epídeixis) f (genitive ἐπιδείξεως); third declension

1. exhibition, display
2. example
3. declamation

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐ́δειξῐς; τῆς ἐπῐδείξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐ́δειξῐς hē epídeixis	τὼ ἐπῐδείξει tṑ epideíxei	αἱ ἐπῐδείξεις hai epideíxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐδείξεως tês epideíxeōs	τοῖν ἐπῐδειξέοιν toîn epideixéoin	τῶν ἐπῐδείξεων tôn epideíxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐδείξει têi epideíxei	τοῖν ἐπῐδειξέοιν toîn epideixéoin	ταῖς ἐπῐδείξεσῐ / ἐπῐδείξεσῐν taîs epideíxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐ́δειξῐν tḕn epídeixin	τὼ ἐπῐδείξει tṑ epideíxei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐδείξεις tā̀s epideíxeis
Vocative	ἐπῐ́δειξῐ epídeixi	ἐπῐδείξει epideíxei	ἐπῐδείξεις epideíxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐπίδειξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίδειξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπίδειξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • declamation idem, page 201.
  • demonstration idem, page 210.
  • display idem, page 236.
  • example idem, page 287.
  • exhibition idem, page 291.
  • lesson idem, page 485.
  • manifestation idem, page 512.
  • ostentation idem, page 580.
  • parade idem, page 591.
  • show idem, page 770.
  • warning idem, page 964.