προσκύνησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
προσκυνέω (proskunéō, “to prostrate oneself”) + -σις (-sis)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pros.ký.nɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prosˈky.ne̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prosˈcy.ni.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prosˈcy.ni.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /prosˈci.ni.sis/
Noun
προσκῠ́νησῐς • (proskúnēsis) f (genitive προσκῠνήσεως); third declension
- proskynesis (prostration as an act of obeisance)
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 887e
Declension
Third declension of ἡ προσκῠ́νησῐς; τῆς προσκῠνήσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ προσκῠ́νησῐς hē proskúnēsis | τὼ προσκῠνήσει tṑ proskunḗsei | αἱ προσκῠνήσεις hai proskunḗseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς προσκῠνήσεως tês proskunḗseōs | τοῖν προσκῠνησέοιν toîn proskunēséoin | τῶν προσκῠνήσεων tôn proskunḗseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ προσκῠνήσει têi proskunḗsei | τοῖν προσκῠνησέοιν toîn proskunēséoin | ταῖς προσκῠνήσεσῐ / προσκῠνήσεσῐν taîs proskunḗsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν προσκῠ́νησῐν tḕn proskúnēsin | τὼ προσκῠνήσει tṑ proskunḗsei | τᾱ̀ς προσκῠνήσεις tā̀s proskunḗseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | προσκῠ́νησῐ proskúnēsi | προσκῠνήσει proskunḗsei | προσκῠνήσεις proskunḗseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: proskynesis
- → French: proskynèse
References
- “προσκύνησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- προσκύνησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette