ἀνάκρουσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνακρούω (anakroúō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.kruː.sis/ → /aˈna.kru.sis/ → /aˈna.kru.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ná.kruː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈna.kru.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.kru.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.kru.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.kru.sis/

Noun

ἀνάκρουσῐς • (anákrousis) f (genitive ἀνακρούσεως); third declension

1. pushing back

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀ̆νᾰ́κρουσῐς; τῆς ἀ̆νᾰκρούσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆νᾰ́κρουσῐς hē anákrousis	τὼ ἀ̆νᾰκρούσει tṑ anakroúsei	αἱ ἀ̆νᾰκρούσεις hai anakroúseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆νᾰκρούσεως tês anakroúseōs	τοῖν ἀ̆νᾰκρουσέοιν toîn anakrouséoin	τῶν ἀ̆νᾰκρούσεων tôn anakroúseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆νᾰκρούσει têi anakroúsei	τοῖν ἀ̆νᾰκρουσέοιν toîn anakrouséoin	ταῖς ἀ̆νᾰκρούσεσῐ / ἀ̆νᾰκρούσεσῐν taîs anakroúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆νᾰ́κρουσῐν tḕn anákrousin	τὼ ἀ̆νᾰκρούσει tṑ anakroúsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆νᾰκρούσεις tā̀s anakroúseis
Vocative	ἀ̆νᾰ́κρουσῐ anákrousi	ἀ̆νᾰκρούσει anakroúsei	ἀ̆νᾰκρούσεις anakroúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: ανάκρουση (anákrousi)
• → Catalan: anacrusi
• → English: anacrusis
• → Finnish: anakruusi
• → French: anacrouse
• → Italian: anacrusi
• → Polish: anakruza
• → Portuguese: anacruse
• → Russian: анакру́за (anakrúza)
• → Spanish: anacrusa

Further reading

• ἀνάκρουσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνάκρουσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀνάκρουσις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀνάκρουσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press