χύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χέω (khéō, “to pour; melt, cast”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰý.sis/ → /ˈçy.sis/ → /ˈçi.sis/

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

Noun

χῠ́σῐς • (khúsis) f (genitive χῠ́σεως); third declension

1. shedding, pouring out forth
2. (figuratively) squandering
3. (of nutriment) diffusion

   Antonym: πῑ́λησῐς (pī́lēsis)

4. melting, casting, fusing
5. liquid poured forth, flood, stream
6. (figuratively) fluency or copiousness of speech
7. quantity, abundance

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ χῠ́σῐς; τῆς χῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χῠ́σῐς hē khúsis	τὼ χῠ́σει tṑ khúsei	αἱ χῠ́σεις hai khúseis
Genitive	τῆς χῠ́σεως tês khúseōs	τοῖν χῠσέοιν toîn khuséoin	τῶν χῠ́σεων tôn khúseōn
Dative	τῇ χῠ́σει têi khúsei	τοῖν χῠσέοιν toîn khuséoin	ταῖς χῠ́σεσῐ / χῠ́σεσῐν taîs khúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν χῠ́σῐν tḕn khúsin	τὼ χῠ́σει tṑ khúsei	τᾱ̀ς χῠ́σεις tā̀s khúseis
Vocative	χῠ́σῐ khúsi	χῠ́σει khúsei	χῠ́σεις khúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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