ἵδρυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱδρῡ́ω (hidrū́ō, “to establish, found”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hí.dryː.sis/ → /ˈi.ðry.sis/ → /ˈi.ðri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hí.dryː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)i.dry.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðry.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðry.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðri.sis/

Noun

ἵδρῡσῐς • (hídrūsis) f (genitive ἱδρῡ́σεως); third declension

1. founding, foundation, especially of temples
2. settlement, abode

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἵδρῡσῐς; τῆς ἱδρῡ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἵδρῡσῐς hē hídrūsis	τὼ ἱδρῡ́σει tṑ hidrū́sei	αἱ ἱδρῡ́σεις hai hidrū́seis
Genitive	τῆς ἱδρῡ́σεως tês hidrū́seōs	τοῖν ἱδρῡσέοιν toîn hidrūséoin	τῶν ἱδρῡ́σεων tôn hidrū́seōn
Dative	τῇ ἱδρῡ́σει têi hidrū́sei	τοῖν ἱδρῡσέοιν toîn hidrūséoin	ταῖς ἱδρῡ́σεσῐ / ἱδρῡ́σεσῐν taîs hidrū́sesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἵδρῡσῐν tḕn hídrūsin	τὼ ἱδρῡ́σει tṑ hidrū́sei	τᾱ̀ς ἱδρῡ́σεις tā̀s hidrū́seis
Vocative	ἵδρῡσῐ hídrūsi	ἱδρῡ́σει hidrū́sei	ἱδρῡ́σεις hidrū́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ίδρυση (ídrysi)

Further reading

• “ἵδρυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἵδρυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette