κάρωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰρόω (karóō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.rɔː.sis/ → /ˈka.ro.sis/ → /ˈka.ro.sis/

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

Noun

κᾰ́ρωσῐς • (kárōsis) f (genitive κᾰρώσεως); third declension

1. heaviness in the head, drowsiness

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰ́ρωσῐς; τῆς κᾰρώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́ρωσῐς hē kárōsis	τὼ κᾰρώσει tṑ karṓsei	αἱ κᾰρώσεις hai karṓseis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰρώσεως tês karṓseōs	τοῖν κᾰρωσέοιν toîn karōséoin	τῶν κᾰρώσεων tôn karṓseōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰρώσει têi karṓsei	τοῖν κᾰρωσέοιν toîn karōséoin	ταῖς κᾰρώσεσῐ / κᾰρώσεσῐν taîs karṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ρωσῐν tḕn kárōsin	τὼ κᾰρώσει tṑ karṓsei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰρώσεις tā̀s karṓseis
Vocative	κᾰ́ρωσῐ kárōsi	κᾰρώσει karṓsei	κᾰρώσεις karṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰρωτῐκός (karōtikós, adjective)

Related terms

• κᾰρώδης (karṓdēs)
• κᾰρωτῐ́δες (karōtídes)

References

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