ἐκχύμωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκχῡμόω (ekkhūmóō) (from ἐκχέω (ekkhéō, “I pour out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + χέω (khéō, “I pour”)) + -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ekʰ.kʰy̌ː.mɔː.sis/ → /ekˈçy.mo.sis/ → /ekˈçi.mo.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ekʰ.kʰy̌ː.mɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈkʰy.mo.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈçy.mo.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈçy.mo.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈçi.mo.sis/

Noun

ἐκχῡ́μωσῐς • (ekkhū́mōsis) f (genitive ἐκχῡμώσεως); third declension

1. bruise, ecchymosis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐκχῡ́μωσῐς; τῆς ἐκχῡμώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐκχῡ́μωσῐς hē ekkhū́mōsis	τὼ ἐκχῡμώσει tṑ ekkhūmṓsei	αἱ ἐκχῡμώσεις hai ekkhūmṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκχῡμώσεως tês ekkhūmṓseōs	τοῖν ἐκχῡμωσέοιν toîn ekkhūmōséoin	τῶν ἐκχῡμώσεων tôn ekkhūmṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκχῡμώσει têi ekkhūmṓsei	τοῖν ἐκχῡμωσέοιν toîn ekkhūmōséoin	ταῖς ἐκχῡμώσεσῐ / ἐκχῡμώσεσῐν taîs ekkhūmṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐκχῡ́μωσῐν tḕn ekkhū́mōsin	τὼ ἐκχῡμώσει tṑ ekkhūmṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκχῡμώσεις tā̀s ekkhūmṓseis
Vocative	ἐκχῡ́μωσῐ ekkhū́mōsi	ἐκχῡμώσει ekkhūmṓsei	ἐκχῡμώσεις ekkhūmṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἐκχῡ́μωμᾰ (ekkhū́mōma)

Descendants

• → New Latin: ecchymōsis
  • → English: ecchymosis

References

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