φόρησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φορέω (phoréō, “to bear repeatedly or habitually; to wear clothing”) + -σῐς (-sis, action noun suffix). Doublet of φόρεσῐς (phóresis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰó.rɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰo.re̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸo.ri.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ri.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ri.sis/
Noun
φόρησῐς • (phórēsis) f (genitive φορήσεως); third declension
- (of clothing) wearing
- Synonym of φορᾱ́ (phorā́, “being borne”).
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ φόρησῐς; τῆς φορήσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φόρησῐς hē phórēsis | τὼ φορήσει tṑ phorḗsei | αἱ φορήσεις hai phorḗseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φορήσεως tês phorḗseōs | τοῖν φορησέοιν toîn phorēséoin | τῶν φορήσεων tôn phorḗseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φορήσει têi phorḗsei | τοῖν φορησέοιν toîn phorēséoin | ταῖς φορήσεσῐ / φορήσεσῐν taîs phorḗsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φόρησῐν tḕn phórēsin | τὼ φορήσει tṑ phorḗsei | τᾱ̀ς φορήσεις tā̀s phorḗseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | φόρησῐ phórēsi | φορήσει phorḗsei | φορήσεις phorḗseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: phoresis, -phoresis
- ⇒ French: phorésie
References
- “φόρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press