ἀνάληψις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνάλημψις (análēmpsis) — Koine
• ἀνάλαψις (análapsis) — Doric

Etymology

From ἀναλαμβάνω (analambánō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.lɛːp.sis/ → /aˈna.lip.sis/ → /aˈna.lip.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ná.lɛːp.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈna.le̝p.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lip.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lip.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lip.sis/

Noun

ἀνάληψις • (análēpsis) f (genitive ἀναλήψεως); third declension

1. a take-up
2. acquisition
3. reception, entertainment
4. assumption (of an office)
5. assimilation
6. amends
7. recovery, repair
8. repetition

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀνάληψῐς; τῆς ἀναλήψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνάληψῐς hē análēpsis	τὼ ἀναλήψει tṑ analḗpsei	αἱ ἀναλήψεις hai analḗpseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀναλήψεως tês analḗpseōs	τοῖν ἀναληψέοιν toîn analēpséoin	τῶν ἀναλήψεων tôn analḗpseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀναλήψει têi analḗpsei	τοῖν ἀναληψέοιν toîn analēpséoin	ταῖς ἀναλήψεσῐ / ἀναλήψεσῐν taîs analḗpsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀνάληψῐν tḕn análēpsin	τὼ ἀναλήψει tṑ analḗpsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀναλήψεις tā̀s analḗpseis
Vocative	ἀνάληψῐ análēpsi	ἀναλήψει analḗpsei	ἀναλήψεις analḗpseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: analepsis

References

• “ἀνάληψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνάληψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G354 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amends idem, page 27.
  • convalescence idem, page 173.
  • recovery idem, page 681.
  • redress idem, page 684.
  • reparation idem, page 695.
  • restoration idem, page 705.
  • revival idem, page 710.