ἀσφυξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ σφῠ́ξῐς (sphúxis, “pulse”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.pʰyk.sí.aː/ → /as.ɸykˈsi.a/ → /as.fikˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.pʰyk.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.pʰykˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.ɸykˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.fykˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.fikˈsi.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ • (asphuxíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. stopping of the pulse

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ hē asphuxíā	τὼ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ tṑ asphuxíā	αἱ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αι hai asphuxíai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱς tês asphuxíās	τοῖν ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αιν toîn asphuxíain	τῶν ᾰ̓σφῠξῐῶν tôn asphuxiôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾳ têi asphuxíāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αιν toîn asphuxíain	ταῖς ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αις taîs asphuxíais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱν tḕn asphuxíān	τὼ ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ tṑ asphuxíā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s asphuxíās
Vocative	ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ asphuxíā	ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ asphuxíā	ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́αι asphuxíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀσφυξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσφυξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσφυξία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)