ἐμπρῆσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμπίμπρημι (empímprēmi, “ignite, burn”) +‎ -σις (-sis, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.prɛ̂ː.sis/ → /emˈpri.sis/ → /emˈbri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.prɛ̂ː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpre̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈpri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈpri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈbri.sis/

Noun

ἐμπρῆσῐς • (emprêsis) f (genitive ἐμπρήσεως); third declension

1. burning, ignition
2. (medicine) inflammation

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐμπρῆσῐς; τῆς ἐμπρήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐμπρῆσῐς hē emprêsis	τὼ ἐμπρήσει tṑ emprḗsei	αἱ ἐμπρήσεις hai emprḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐμπρήσεως tês emprḗseōs	τοῖν ἐμπρησέοιν toîn emprēséoin	τῶν ἐμπρήσεων tôn emprḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐμπρήσει têi emprḗsei	τοῖν ἐμπρησέοιν toîn emprēséoin	ταῖς ἐμπρήσεσῐ / ἐμπρήσεσῐν taîs emprḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐμπρῆσῐν tḕn emprêsin	τὼ ἐμπρήσει tṑ emprḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐμπρήσεις tā̀s emprḗseis
Vocative	ἐμπρῆσῐ emprêsi	ἐμπρήσει emprḗsei	ἐμπρήσεις emprḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• ἐμπρῆσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette