ἔκδυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éɡ.dy.sis/ → /ˈeɡ.ðy.sis/ → /ˈeɡ.ði.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éɡ.dy.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeɡ.dy.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɡ.ðy.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɡ.ðy.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeɡ.ði.sis/

Noun

ἔκδῠσῐς • (ékdŭsĭs) f (genitive ἐκδῠ́σεως); third declension

1. A stripping, shedding
2. An escape

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκδῠσῐς; τῆς ἐκδῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκδῠσῐς hē ékdŭsĭs	τὼ ἐκδῠ́σει tṑ ekdŭ́sei	αἱ ἐκδῠ́σεις hai ekdŭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκδῠ́σεως tês ekdŭ́seōs	τοῖν ἐκδῠσέοιν toîn ekdŭséoin	τῶν ἐκδῠ́σεων tôn ekdŭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκδῠ́σει têi ekdŭ́sei	τοῖν ἐκδῠσέοιν toîn ekdŭséoin	ταῖς ἐκδῠ́σεσῐ / ἐκδῠ́σεσῐν taîs ekdŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκδῠσῐν tḕn ékdŭsĭn	τὼ ἐκδῠ́σει tṑ ekdŭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκδῠ́σεις tā̀s ekdŭ́seis
Vocative	ἔκδῠσῐ ékdŭsĭ	ἐκδῠ́σει ekdŭ́sei	ἐκδῠ́σεις ekdŭ́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔκδυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔκδυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔκδυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔκδυσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)