στρέψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /strép.sis/ → /ˈstrep.sis/ → /ˈstrep.sis/

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

Noun

στρέψῐς • (strépsis) f (genitive στρέψεως); third declension

1. a turning round
   1. (figurative) deceit

Declension

Third declension of ἡ στρέψῐς; τῆς στρέψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στρέψῐς hē strépsis	τὼ στρέψει tṑ strépsei	αἱ στρέψεις hai strépseis
Genitive	τῆς στρέψεως tês strépseōs	τοῖν στρεψέοιν toîn strepséoin	τῶν στρέψεων tôn strépseōn
Dative	τῇ στρέψει têi strépsei	τοῖν στρεψέοιν toîn strepséoin	ταῖς στρέψεσῐ / στρέψεσῐν taîs strépsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν στρέψῐν tḕn strépsin	τὼ στρέψει tṑ strépsei	τᾱ̀ς στρέψεις tā̀s strépseis
Vocative	στρέψῐ strépsi	στρέψει strépsei	στρέψεις strépseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: στρέψη (strépsi)

Further reading

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