Ἄμασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian (jꜥḥ-ms).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.maː.sis/ → /ˈa.ma.sis/ → /ˈa.ma.sis/

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

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐς • (Ámāsis) m (genitive Ᾰ̓μᾱ́σεως or Ᾰ̓μᾱ́σιος); third declension

1. Amasis

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐς ho Ámāsis
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́σεως toû Amā́seōs
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́σει tôi Amā́sei
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐν tòn Ámāsin
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐ Ámāsi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́σῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐς ho Ámāsis
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́σῐος toû Amā́sios
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́σῑ tôi Amā́sī
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐν tòn Ámāsin
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́μᾱσῐ Ámāsi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άμασις (Ámasis)
• Latin: Amasis

References

• Ἄμασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000

Further reading

• Amasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia