λῆξις
Ancient Greek
editEtymology 1
editFrom λαγχάνω (lankhánō, “to obtain by lot”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̂ːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
Noun
editλῆξῐς • (lêxis) f (genitive λήξεως); third declension
- determination or appointment by lot
- portion assigned by lot, allotment
- section of a body, determined by lot
- (in the plural) fortunes, wealths
- assigned sphere, world, province
- written complaint lodged with the archon, as the first step in private actions
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῆξῐς hē lêxis |
τὼ λήξει tṑ lḗxei |
αἱ λήξεις hai lḗxeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λήξεως tês lḗxeōs |
τοῖν ληξέοιν toîn lēxéoin |
τῶν λήξεων tôn lḗxeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λήξει têi lḗxei |
τοῖν ληξέοιν toîn lēxéoin |
ταῖς λήξεσῐ / λήξεσῐν taîs lḗxesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῆξῐν tḕn lêxin |
τὼ λήξει tṑ lḗxei |
τᾱ̀ς λήξεις tā̀s lḗxeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῆξῐ lêxi |
λήξει lḗxei |
λήξεις lḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ληξῐ́ᾰρχος (lēxíarkhos)
Etymology 2
editFrom λήγω (lḗgō, “to leave off, cease”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̂ːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
Noun
editλῆξῐς • (lêxis) f (genitive λήξεως); third declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῆξῐς hē lêxis |
τὼ λήξει tṑ lḗxei |
αἱ λήξεις hai lḗxeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λήξεως tês lḗxeōs |
τοῖν ληξέοιν toîn lēxéoin |
τῶν λήξεων tôn lḗxeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λήξει têi lḗxei |
τοῖν ληξέοιν toîn lēxéoin |
ταῖς λήξεσῐ / λήξεσῐν taîs lḗxesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῆξῐν tḕn lêxin |
τὼ λήξει tṑ lḗxei |
τᾱ̀ς λήξεις tā̀s lḗxeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῆξῐ lêxi |
λήξει lḗxei |
λήξεις lḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ληξῐπῠ́ρετος (lēxipúretos)
- ληξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (lēxiphármakon)
- ληξῐ́φωτος (lēxíphōtos)
Descendants
edit- Greek: λήξη (líxi)
Further reading
edit- “λῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λῆξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek properispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension