ἄκουσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.koː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
Noun
ἄκουσῐς • (ákousis) f (genitive ἀ̆κούσεως); third declension
- Hearing.
- (in plural) Synonym of ἀκουσμάτια (akousmátia).
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἀ̆κουσῐς; τῆς ἀ̆κούσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀ̆κουσῐς hē akousis | τὼ ἀ̆κούσει tṑ akoúsei | αἱ ἀ̆κούσεις hai akoúseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀ̆κούσεως tês akoúseōs | τοῖν ἀ̆κουσέοιν toîn akouséoin | τῶν ἀ̆κούσεων tôn akoúseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀ̆κούσει têi akoúsei | ἀ̆κουσέοιν akouséoin | ταῖς ἀ̆κούσεσῐ / ἀ̆κούσεσῐν taîs akoúsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀ̆κουσῐν tḕn akousin | ἀ̆κούσει akoúsei | τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆κούσεις tā̀s akoúseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀ̆κουσῐ akousi | ἀ̆κούσει akoúsei | ἀ̆κούσεις akoúseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ English: hyperacusis
References
- ἄκουσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press