ἔκπληξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐκπλήσσω (ekplḗssō, “to drive out one's senses by a sudden shock”) + -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix), from ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, to smite”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ék.plɛːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈek.ple̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈek.plik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈek.plik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈek.plik.sis/
Noun
ἔκπληξῐς • (ékplēxis) f (genitive ἐκπλήξεως); third declension
- Consternation, terror.
- Mental disturbance, passion.
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἔκπληξῐς; τῆς ἐκπλήξεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἔκπληξῐς hē ékplēxis | τὼ ἐκπλήξει tṑ ekplḗxei | αἱ ἐκπλήξεις hai ekplḗxeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐκπλήξεως tês ekplḗxeōs | τοῖν ἐκπληξέοιν toîn ekplēxéoin | τῶν ἐκπλήξεων tôn ekplḗxeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐκπλήξει têi ekplḗxei | τοῖν ἐκπληξέοιν toîn ekplēxéoin | ταῖς ἐκπλήξεσῐ / ἐκπλήξεσῐν taîs ekplḗxesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἔκπληξῐν tḕn ékplēxin | τὼ ἐκπλήξει tṑ ekplḗxei | τᾱ̀ς ἐκπλήξεις tā̀s ekplḗxeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔκπληξῐ ékplēxi | ἐκπλήξει ekplḗxei | ἐκπλήξεις ekplḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐκπληξία (ekplēxía)
References
- “ἔκπληξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press