διάθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διατίθημι (diatíthēmi, “to arrange”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.tʰe.sis/ → /ðiˈa.θe.sis/ → /ðiˈa.θe.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.tʰe.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.tʰe.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.θe.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.θe.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.θe.sis/

Noun

δῐάθεσῐς • (diáthesis) f (genitive δῐᾰθέσεως); third declension

1. placing in order, arrangement
2. disposition or composition in a work of art, as opp. to εὕρεσις
3. (oratory) delivery
4. a disposition of property, = διαθήκη, will, testament
5. a disposing of, selling, sale
6. bodily state, condition
7. a disposition towards persons
8. generally, state, condition
9. (grammar) force, function, esp. of the voices of a verb

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́θεσῐς; τῆς δῐᾰθέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́θεσῐς hē diáthesis	τὼ δῐᾰθέσει tṑ diathései	αἱ δῐᾰθέσεις hai diathéseis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰθέσεως tês diathéseōs	τοῖν δῐᾰθεσέοιν toîn diatheséoin	τῶν δῐᾰθέσεων tôn diathéseōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰθέσει têi diathései	τοῖν δῐᾰθεσέοιν toîn diatheséoin	ταῖς δῐᾰθέσεσῐ / δῐᾰθέσεσῐν taîs diathésesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́θεσῐν tḕn diáthesin	τὼ δῐᾰθέσει tṑ diathései	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰθέσεις tā̀s diathéseis
Vocative	δῐᾰ́θεσῐ diáthesi	δῐᾰθέσει diathései	δῐᾰθέσεις diathéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: տրամադրութիւն (tramadrutʻiwn) (calque)
• Greek: διάθεση (diáthesi)

References

• “διάθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάθεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers