λύτρωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λυτρόω (lutróō, “to ransom”) +‎ -σις (-sis, “a suffix added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.trɔː.sis/ → /ˈly.tro.sis/ → /ˈli.tro.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.trɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.tro.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.tro.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.tro.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tro.sis/

Noun

λύτρωσῐς • (lútrōsis) f (genitive λυτρώσεως); third declension

1. a ransoming, redemption of a pledge
2. a release, discharge from an obligation
3. a spring of water

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λῠ́τρωσῐς; τῆς λῠτρώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠ́τρωσῐς hē lútrōsis	τὼ λῠτρώσει tṑ lutrṓsei	αἱ λῠτρώσεις hai lutrṓseis
Genitive	τῆς λῠτρώσεως tês lutrṓseōs	τοῖν λῠτρωσέοιν toîn lutrōséoin	τῶν λῠτρώσεων tôn lutrṓseōn
Dative	τῇ λῠτρώσει têi lutrṓsei	τοῖν λῠτρωσέοιν toîn lutrōséoin	ταῖς λῠτρώσεσῐ / λῠτρώσεσῐν taîs lutrṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῠ́τρωσῐν tḕn lútrōsin	τὼ λῠτρώσει tṑ lutrṓsei	τᾱ̀ς λῠτρώσεις tā̀s lutrṓseis
Vocative	λῠ́τρωσῐ lútrōsi	λῠτρώσει lutrṓsei	λῠτρώσεις lutrṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λύτρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λύτρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λύτρωσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette