ὑφήγησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔φηγέομαι (hŭphēgéomai, “go just before, guide, lead”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pʰɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.sis/ → /yˈɸi.ʝi.sis/ → /iˈfi.ʝi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pʰɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpʰe̝.ɡe̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈɸi.ʝi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈfi.ʝi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈfi.ʝi.sis/

Noun

ῠ̔φήγησῐς • (hŭphḗgēsĭs) f (genitive ῠ̔φηγήσεως); third declension

1. leading, guidance
2. direction

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῠ̔φήγησῐς; τῆς ῠ̔φηγήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔φήγησῐς hē hŭphḗgēsĭs	τὼ ῠ̔φηγήσει tṑ hŭphēgḗsei	αἱ ῠ̔φηγήσεις hai hŭphēgḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔φηγήσεως tês hŭphēgḗseōs	τοῖν ῠ̔φηγησέοιν toîn hŭphēgēséoin	τῶν ῠ̔φηγήσεων tôn hŭphēgḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔φηγήσει têi hŭphēgḗsei	τοῖν ῠ̔φηγησέοιν toîn hŭphēgēséoin	ταῖς ῠ̔φηγήσεσῐ / ῠ̔φηγήσεσῐν taîs hŭphēgḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔φήγησῐν tḕn hŭphḗgēsĭn	τὼ ῠ̔φηγήσει tṑ hŭphēgḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔φηγήσεις tā̀s hŭphēgḗseis
Vocative	ῠ̔φήγησῐ hŭphḗgēsĭ	ῠ̔φηγήσει hŭphēgḗsei	ῠ̔φηγήσεις hŭphēgḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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