πρᾶσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρῆσῐς (prêsis) — Ionic

Etymology

From πιπράσκω (pipráskō, “to sell”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prâː.sis/ → /ˈpra.sis/ → /ˈpra.sis/

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

Noun

πρᾶσῐς • (prâsis) f (genitive πρᾱ́σεως); third declension

1. sale (exchange of goods or services for currency or credit)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πρᾶσῐς; τῆς πρᾱ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρᾶσῐς hē prâsis	τὼ πρᾱ́σει tṑ prā́sei	αἱ πρᾱ́σεις hai prā́seis
Genitive	τῆς πρᾱ́σεως tês prā́seōs	τοῖν πρᾱσέοιν toîn prāséoin	τῶν πρᾱ́σεων tôn prā́seōn
Dative	τῇ πρᾱ́σει têi prā́sei	τοῖν πρᾱσέοιν toîn prāséoin	ταῖς πρᾱ́σεσῐ / πρᾱ́σεσῐν taîs prā́sesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πρᾶσῐν tḕn prâsin	τὼ πρᾱ́σει tṑ prā́sei	τᾱ̀ς πρᾱ́σεις tā̀s prā́seis
Vocative	πρᾶσῐ prâsi	πρᾱ́σει prā́sei	πρᾱ́σεις prā́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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