τῆξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tɛ̂ːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtik.sis/
Noun
τῆξῐς • (têxis) f (genitive τήξεως); third declension
- a melting
- a wasting, loss of flesh
- a solution
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ τῆξῐς; τῆς τήξεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τῆξῐς hē têxis | τὼ τήξει tṑ tḗxei | αἱ τήξεις hai tḗxeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τήξεως tês tḗxeōs | τοῖν τηξέοιν toîn tēxéoin | τῶν τήξεων tôn tḗxeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τήξει têi tḗxei | τοῖν τηξέοιν toîn tēxéoin | ταῖς τήξεσῐ / τήξεσῐν taîs tḗxesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τῆξῐν tḕn têxin | τὼ τήξει tṑ tḗxei | τᾱ̀ς τήξεις tā̀s tḗxeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | τῆξῐ têxi | τήξει tḗxei | τήξεις tḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Related terms
Related terms
- ἀνάτηξις (anátēxis)
- ἀπότηξις (apótēxis)
- ἔκτηξις (éktēxis)
- περίτηξις (perítēxis)
- πρόστηξις (próstēxis)
- σύντηξις (súntēxis)
- τηκτικός (tēktikós)
Further reading
- “τῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τῆξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette