νῆψις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɛ̂ːp.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnep.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnip.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnip.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnip.sis/
Noun
νῆψις • (nêpsis) f (genitive νῆψεως); third declension
- sobriety, soberness, temperance
- wakefulness, alertness
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ νῆψῐς; τῆς νήψεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ νῆψῐς hē nêpsis | τὼ νήψει tṑ nḗpsei | αἱ νήψεις hai nḗpseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς νήψεως tês nḗpseōs | τοῖν νηψέοιν toîn nēpséoin | τῶν νήψεων tôn nḗpseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ νήψει têi nḗpsei | τοῖν νηψέοιν toîn nēpséoin | ταῖς νήψεσῐ / νήψεσῐν taîs nḗpsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν νῆψῐν tḕn nêpsin | τὼ νήψει tṑ nḗpsei | τᾱ̀ς νήψεις tā̀s nḗpseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | νῆψῐ nêpsi | νήψει nḗpsei | νήψεις nḗpseis | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- νῆφε (nêphe)
- νήφοντες (nḗphontes)
- νήφω (nḗphō)
- νήφωμεν (nḗphōmen)
- νήφων (nḗphōn)
- νήψατε (nḗpsate)
- νῆψιος (nêpsios)