διαφόρησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰφορέω (diaphoréō, “to carry away, plunder; to dissipate, disperse”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.a.pʰó.rɛː.sis/ → /ði.aˈɸo.ri.sis/ → /ði.aˈfo.ri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.a.pʰó.rɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.aˈpʰo.re̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.aˈɸo.ri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.aˈfo.ri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.aˈfo.ri.sis/

Noun

δῐᾰφόρησῐς • (diaphórēsis) f (genitive δῐᾰφορήσεως); third declension

1. plundering, stealing
2. evaporation, dissipation, perspiration
   1. dispersion, discussion
   2. exhaustion
3. dubitation, perplexity

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰφόρησῐς; τῆς δῐᾰφορήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰφόρησῐς hē diaphórēsis	τὼ δῐᾰφορήσει tṑ diaphorḗsei	αἱ δῐᾰφορήσεις hai diaphorḗseis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰφορήσεως tês diaphorḗseōs	τοῖν δῐᾰφορησέοιν toîn diaphorēséoin	τῶν δῐᾰφορήσεων tôn diaphorḗseōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰφορήσει têi diaphorḗsei	τοῖν δῐᾰφορησέοιν toîn diaphorēséoin	ταῖς δῐᾰφορήσεσῐ / δῐᾰφορήσεσῐν taîs diaphorḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰφόρησῐν tḕn diaphórēsin	τὼ δῐᾰφορήσει tṑ diaphorḗsei	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰφορήσεις tā̀s diaphorḗseis
Vocative	δῐᾰφόρησῐ diaphórēsi	δῐᾰφορήσει diaphorḗsei	δῐᾰφορήσεις diaphorḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Late Latin: diaphorēsis
  • → English: diaphoresis

References

• “διαφόρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press