ζέσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζέω (zéō, “I boil, I seethe”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdé.sis/ → /ˈze.sis/ → /ˈze.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdé.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈze.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈze.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈze.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈze.sis/

Noun

ζέσῐς • (zésis) f (genitive ζέσεως); third declension

1. seething, effervescence, boiling

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ζέσῐς; τῆς ζέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζέσῐς hē zésis	τὼ ζέσει tṑ zései	αἱ ζέσεις hai zéseis
Genitive	τῆς ζέσεως tês zéseōs	τοῖν ζεσέοιν toîn zeséoin	τῶν ζέσεων tôn zéseōn
Dative	τῇ ζέσει têi zései	τοῖν ζεσέοιν toîn zeséoin	ταῖς ζέσεσῐ / ζέσεσῐν taîs zésesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ζέσῐν tḕn zésin	τὼ ζέσει tṑ zései	τᾱ̀ς ζέσεις tā̀s zéseis
Vocative	ζέσῐ zési	ζέσει zései	ζέσεις zéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζέσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζέσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette