διαφόρησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῐᾰφορέω (diaphoréō, “to carry away, plunder; to dissipate, disperse”) + -σῐς (-sis, action noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.a.pʰó.rɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.aˈpʰo.re̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.aˈɸo.ri.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.aˈfo.ri.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.aˈfo.ri.sis/
Noun
δῐᾰφόρησῐς • (diaphórēsis) f (genitive δῐᾰφορήσεως); third declension
- plundering, stealing
- evaporation, dissipation, perspiration
- dispersion, discussion
- exhaustion
- dubitation, perplexity
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰφόρησῐς; τῆς δῐᾰφορήσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δῐᾰφόρησῐς hē diaphórēsis | τὼ δῐᾰφορήσει tṑ diaphorḗsei | αἱ δῐᾰφορήσεις hai diaphorḗseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δῐᾰφορήσεως tês diaphorḗseōs | τοῖν δῐᾰφορησέοιν toîn diaphorēséoin | τῶν δῐᾰφορήσεων tôn diaphorḗseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δῐᾰφορήσει têi diaphorḗsei | τοῖν δῐᾰφορησέοιν toîn diaphorēséoin | ταῖς δῐᾰφορήσεσῐ / δῐᾰφορήσεσῐν taîs diaphorḗsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δῐᾰφόρησῐν tḕn diaphórēsin | τὼ δῐᾰφορήσει tṑ diaphorḗsei | τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰφορήσεις tā̀s diaphorḗseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰφόρησῐ diaphórēsi | δῐᾰφορήσει diaphorḗsei | δῐᾰφορήσεις diaphorḗseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Late Latin: diaphorēsis
- → English: diaphoresis
References
- “διαφόρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press