ἔκφρασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐκφρᾰ́ζω (ekphrắzō) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ékʰ.pʰra.sis/ → /ˈek.ɸra.sis/ → /ˈek.fra.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ékʰ.pʰra.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pʰra.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ɸra.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.fra.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.fra.sis/

Noun

ἔκφρᾰσῐς • (ékphrăsĭs) f (genitive ἐκφρᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. description; ekphrasis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκφρᾰσῐς; τῆς ἐκφρᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἐκφρᾰστῐκός (ekphrăstĭkós)

Descendants

• → English: ekphrasis

Further reading

• “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)