ἔκλειψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκλείπω (ekleípō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.kleːp.sis/ → /ˈe.klip.sis/ → /ˈe.klip.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.kleːp.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klip.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klip.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klip.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.klip.sis/

Noun

ἔκλειψῐς • (ékleipsĭs) f (genitive ἐκλείψεως); third declension

1. disappearance, abandonment
2. especially disappearance of a celestial body: eclipse

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκλειψῐς; τῆς ἐκλείψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκλειψῐς hē ékleipsĭs	τὼ ἐκλείψει tṑ ekleípsei	αἱ ἐκλείψεις hai ekleípseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκλείψεως tês ekleípseōs	τοῖν ἐκλειψέοιν toîn ekleipséoin	τῶν ἐκλείψεων tôn ekleípseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκλείψει têi ekleípsei	τοῖν ἐκλειψέοιν toîn ekleipséoin	ταῖς ἐκλείψεσῐ / ἐκλείψεσῐν taîs ekleípsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκλειψῐν tḕn ékleipsĭn	τὼ ἐκλείψει tṑ ekleípsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκλείψεις tā̀s ekleípseis
Vocative	ἔκλειψῐ ékleipsĭ	ἐκλείψει ekleípsei	ἐκλείψεις ekleípseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: eclipse, eclipsis
• Greek: έκλειψη (ékleipsi)
• Latin: eclīpsis

Further reading

• “ἔκλειψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔκλειψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔκλειψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔκλειψις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • eclipse idem, page 260.