ἔκλαμψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklámpō, “to shine or beam forth”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.klamp.sis/ → /ˈe.klamp.sis/ → /ˈe.klamp.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.klamp.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klamp.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klamp.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klamp.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klamp.sis/

Noun

ἔκλᾰμψῐς • (éklampsis) f (genitive ἐκλᾰ́μψεως); third declension

1. shining forth, brightness
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 2 Maccabees 5.3
   • 495 CE – 570 CE, Olympiodorus the Younger, Commentary on the Aristotle's Meteorology 49.9
2. (figurative) sudden development, violent onset
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 6.114

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκλᾰμψῐς; τῆς ἐκλᾰ́μψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκλᾰμψῐς hē éklampsis	τὼ ἐκλᾰ́μψει tṑ eklámpsei	αἱ ἐκλᾰ́μψεις hai eklámpseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκλᾰ́μψεως tês eklámpseōs	τοῖν ἐκλᾰμψέοιν toîn eklampséoin	τῶν ἐκλᾰ́μψεων tôn eklámpseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκλᾰ́μψει têi eklámpsei	τοῖν ἐκλᾰμψέοιν toîn eklampséoin	ταῖς ἐκλᾰ́μψεσῐ / ἐκλᾰ́μψεσῐν taîs eklámpsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκλᾰμψῐν tḕn éklampsin	τὼ ἐκλᾰ́μψει tṑ eklámpsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκλᾰ́μψεις tā̀s eklámpseis
Vocative	ἔκλᾰμψῐ éklampsi	ἐκλᾰ́μψει eklámpsei	ἐκλᾰ́μψεις eklámpseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἔκλᾰμπρος (éklampros)
• λᾰ́μψῐς (lámpsis)

 

Descendants

• → French: éclampsie
  • → Greek: εκλαμψία (eklampsía)
  • → New Latin: eclampsia
    • → English: eclampsia

References

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