ἔκλαμψις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklámpō, “to shine or beam forth”) + -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.klamp.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.klamp.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.klamp.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.klamp.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.klamp.sis/
Noun
ἔκλᾰμψῐς • (éklampsis) f (genitive ἐκλᾰ́μψεως); third declension
- shining forth, brightness
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 2 Maccabees 5.3
- 495 CE – 570 CE, Olympiodorus the Younger, Commentary on the Aristotle's Meteorology 49.9
- (figuratively) sudden development, violent onset
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 6.114
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἔκλᾰμψῐς; τῆς ἐκλᾰ́μψεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἔκλᾰμψῐς hē éklampsis | τὼ ἐκλᾰ́μψει tṑ eklámpsei | αἱ ἐκλᾰ́μψεις hai eklámpseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐκλᾰ́μψεως tês eklámpseōs | τοῖν ἐκλᾰμψέοιν toîn eklampséoin | τῶν ἐκλᾰ́μψεων tôn eklámpseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐκλᾰ́μψει têi eklámpsei | τοῖν ἐκλᾰμψέοιν toîn eklampséoin | ταῖς ἐκλᾰ́μψεσῐ / ἐκλᾰ́μψεσῐν taîs eklámpsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἔκλᾰμψῐν tḕn éklampsin | τὼ ἐκλᾰ́μψει tṑ eklámpsei | τᾱ̀ς ἐκλᾰ́μψεις tā̀s eklámpseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔκλᾰμψῐ éklampsi | ἐκλᾰ́μψει eklámpsei | ἐκλᾰ́μψεις eklámpseis | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἔκλᾰμπρος (éklampros)
- λᾰ́μψῐς (lámpsis)
Descendants
- → French: éclampsie
- → Greek: εκλαμψία (eklampsía)
- → New Latin: eclampsia
- → English: eclampsia
References
- “ἔκλαμψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press