ἤθησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From aorist stem ἤθησᾰ (“I sifted”, ἤθη(σᾰ)) of verb ἠθέω (ēthéō, “I sift”) / ἠθῶ c + -σῐς This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̌ː.tʰɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.tʰe̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.θi.sis/
Noun
ἤθησῐς • (ḗthēsis) f (genitive ἠθήσεως); third declension
- riddling (IG IV.1485.124) (Epidaurus)
Usage notes
- ἤθισις: probably wrong spelling at Aristotle (attributed), Problems 2.41.
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἤθησῐς; τῆς ἠθήσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἤθησῐς hē ḗthēsis | τὼ ἠθήσει tṑ ēthḗsei | αἱ ἠθήσεις hai ēthḗseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἠθήσεως tês ēthḗseōs | τοῖν ἠθησέοιν toîn ēthēséoin | τῶν ἠθήσεων tôn ēthḗseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἠθήσει têi ēthḗsei | τοῖν ἠθησέοιν toîn ēthēséoin | ταῖς ἠθήσεσῐ / ἠθήσεσῐν taîs ēthḗsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἤθησῐν tḕn ḗthēsin | τὼ ἠθήσει tṑ ēthḗsei | τᾱ̀ς ἠθήσεις tā̀s ēthḗseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἤθησῐ ḗthēsi | ἠθήσει ēthḗsei | ἠθήσεις ēthḗseis | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἤθημᾰ n (ḗthēma, “that which is sifted, stained”)
- and related terms at ἠθέω
See also
- διήθησῐς f (diḗthēsis) (Koine)
- ἡθμός m (hēthmós, “strainer, colander”)
Further reading
- “ἤθησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press