ἐπεξήγησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπεξηγέομαι (epexēgéomai) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pek.sɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.sis/ → /e.pekˈsi.ʝi.sis/ → /e.pekˈsi.ʝi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pek.sɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pekˈse̝.ɡe̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pekˈsi.ʝi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pekˈsi.ʝi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pekˈsi.ʝi.sis/

Noun

ἐπεξήγησῐς • (epexḗgēsis) f (genitive ἐπεξηγήσεως); third declension

1. detailed account or explanation

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπεξήγησῐς; τῆς ἐπεξηγήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπεξήγησῐς hē epexḗgēsis	τὼ ἐπεξηγήσει tṑ epexēgḗsei	αἱ ἐπεξηγήσεις hai epexēgḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπεξηγήσεως tês epexēgḗseōs	τοῖν ἐπεξηγησέοιν toîn epexēgēséoin	τῶν ἐπεξηγήσεων tôn epexēgḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπεξηγήσει têi epexēgḗsei	τοῖν ἐπεξηγησέοιν toîn epexēgēséoin	ταῖς ἐπεξηγήσεσῐ / ἐπεξηγήσεσῐν taîs epexēgḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπεξήγησῐν tḕn epexḗgēsin	τὼ ἐπεξηγήσει tṑ epexēgḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπεξηγήσεις tā̀s epexēgḗseis
Vocative	ἐπεξήγησῐ epexḗgēsi	ἐπεξηγήσει epexēgḗsei	ἐπεξηγήσεις epexēgḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: epexegesis

References

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