ἐκπληξία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- έκπληξη (ékplēxē)
Etymology
From ἔκπληξῐς (ékplēxis, “consternation”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, nominal suffix), from ἐκπλήσσω (ekplḗssō, “to drive out one's senses by a sudden shock”) + -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ek.plɛːk.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛk.plekˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ek.plikˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ek.plikˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ek.plikˈsi.a/
Noun
ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱ • (ekplēxíā) f (genitive ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Amazement, terror.
- Admiration.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱ hē ekplēxíā | τὼ ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱ tṑ ekplēxíā | αἱ ἐκπληξῐ́αι hai ekplēxíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱς tês ekplēxíās | τοῖν ἐκπληξῐ́αιν toîn ekplēxíain | τῶν ἐκπληξῐῶν tôn ekplēxiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐκπληξῐ́ᾳ têi ekplēxíāi | ἐκπληξῐ́αιν ekplēxíain | ταῖς ἐκπληξῐ́αις taîs ekplēxíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱν tḕn ekplēxíān | ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱ ekplēxíā | τᾱ̀ς ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ekplēxíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱ ekplēxíā | ἐκπληξῐ́ᾱ ekplēxíā | ἐκπληξῐ́αι ekplēxíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ English: hyperekplexia