ἔγκλισις

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ἐγκλίνω (enklínō, to incline) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἔγκλῐσῐς (énklisisf (genitive ἐγκλῐ́σεως); third declension

  1. inclination; slope
  2. defeat, failure
  3. (medicine) displacement
  4. (grammar) mood of a verb
  5. (grammar) throwing back of the accent or change of acute accent to grave accent[1]
  6. (grammar, generally) inflection of derivative forms

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: έγκλιση (égklisi)
  • Latin: enclisis (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ The enclitics of Ancient Greek in Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 181-186

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