πρᾶσις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πρῆσῐς (prêsis) – Ionic
Etymology
From πιπράσκω (pipráskō, “to sell”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prâː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpra.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpra.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpra.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpra.sis/
Noun
πρᾶσῐς • (prâsis) f (genitive πρᾱ́σεως); third declension
- sale (exchange of goods or services for currency or credit)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ πρᾶσῐς; τῆς πρᾱ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πρᾶσῐς hē prâsis | τὼ πρᾱ́σει tṑ prā́sei | αἱ πρᾱ́σεις hai prā́seis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πρᾱ́σεως tês prā́seōs | τοῖν πρᾱσέοιν toîn prāséoin | τῶν πρᾱ́σεων tôn prā́seōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πρᾱ́σει têi prā́sei | πρᾱσέοιν prāséoin | ταῖς πρᾱ́σεσῐ / πρᾱ́σεσῐν taîs prā́sesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πρᾶσῐν tḕn prâsin | πρᾱ́σει prā́sei | τᾱ̀ς πρᾱ́σεις tā̀s prā́seis | ||||||||||
Vocative | πρᾶσῐ prâsi | πρᾱ́σει prā́sei | πρᾱ́σεις prā́seis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- πρᾶσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πρᾶσις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πρᾶσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette