σπάσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπᾰ́ω (spáō, “to draw”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spá.sis/ → /ˈspa.sis/ → /ˈspa.sis/

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

Noun

σπᾰ́σῐς • (spásis) f (genitive σπᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. drawing up, traction
2. drawing in, suction

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπᾰ́σῐς; τῆς σπᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπᾰ́σῐς hē spásis	τὼ σπᾰ́σει tṑ spásei	αἱ σπᾰ́σεις hai spáseis
Genitive	τῆς σπᾰ́σεως tês spáseōs	τοῖν σπᾰσέοιν toîn spaséoin	τῶν σπᾰ́σεων tôn spáseōn
Dative	τῇ σπᾰ́σει têi spásei	τοῖν σπᾰσέοιν toîn spaséoin	ταῖς σπᾰ́σεσῐ / σπᾰ́σεσῐν taîs spásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπᾰ́σῐν tḕn spásin	τὼ σπᾰ́σει tṑ spásei	τᾱ̀ς σπᾰ́σεις tā̀s spáseis
Vocative	σπᾰ́σῐ spási	σπᾰ́σει spásei	σπᾰ́σεις spáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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