ἔκφρασις
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]ἐκφρᾰ́ζω (ekphrắzō) + -σῐς (-sĭs)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ékʰ.pʰra.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈek.pʰra.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈek.ɸra.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈek.fra.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈek.fra.sis/
Noun
[edit]ἔκφρᾰσῐς • (ékphrăsĭs) f (genitive ἐκφρᾰ́σεως); third declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἔκφρᾰσῐς hē ékphrăsĭs |
τὼ ἐκφρᾰ́σει tṑ ekphrắsei |
αἱ ἐκφρᾰ́σεις hai ekphrắseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐκφρᾰ́σεως tês ekphrắseōs |
τοῖν ἐκφρᾰσέοιν toîn ekphrăséoin |
τῶν ἐκφρᾰ́σεων tôn ekphrắseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐκφρᾰ́σει têi ekphrắsei |
τοῖν ἐκφρᾰσέοιν toîn ekphrăséoin |
ταῖς ἐκφρᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐκφρᾰ́σεσῐν taîs ekphrắsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἔκφρᾰσῐν tḕn ékphrăsĭn |
τὼ ἐκφρᾰ́σει tṑ ekphrắsei |
τᾱ̀ς ἐκφρᾰ́σεις tā̀s ekphrắseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔκφρᾰσῐ ékphrăsĭ |
ἐκφρᾰ́σει ekphrắsei |
ἐκφρᾰ́σεις ekphrắseis | ||||||||||
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Related terms
[edit]- ἐκφρᾰστῐκός (ekphrăstĭkós)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: ekphrasis
Further reading
[edit]- “ἔκφρασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔκφρασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔκφρασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔκφρασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)