μετάστασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μεθίστημι (methístēmi, “to place in another way, change”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μετᾰ́στᾰσῐς • (metástasis) f (genitive μετᾰστᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. removing, removal
  2. shifting of blame
  3. (of place) removal, migration
  4. (figuratively) departure from life
  5. (on the stage) exite of the chorus
  6. (medicine) transference of the seat of disease
  7. (in general) change
  8. change of political constitution
  9. counterrevolution

Declension
Third declension of ἡ μετᾰ́στᾰσῐς; τῆς μετᾰστᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μετᾰ́στᾰσῐς
hē metástasis		 τὼ μετᾰστᾰ́σει
tṑ metastásei		 αἱ μετᾰστᾰ́σεις
hai metastáseis
Genitive τῆς μετᾰστᾰ́σεως
tês metastáseōs		 τοῖν μετᾰστᾰσέοιν
toîn metastaséoin		 τῶν μετᾰστᾰ́σεων
tôn metastáseōn
Dative τῇ μετᾰστᾰ́σει
têi metastásei		 τοῖν μετᾰστᾰσέοιν
toîn metastaséoin		 ταῖς μετᾰστᾰ́σεσῐ / μετᾰστᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs metastásesi(n)
Accusative τὴν μετᾰ́στᾰσῐν
tḕn metástasin		 τὼ μετᾰστᾰ́σει
tṑ metastásei		 τᾱ̀ς μετᾰστᾰ́σεις
tā̀s metastáseis
Vocative μετᾰ́στᾰσῐ
metástasi		 μετᾰστᾰ́σει
metastásei		 μετᾰστᾰ́σεις
metastáseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • μεταστατικός (metastatikós)

Descendants
  • Greek: μετάσταση (metástasi)
  • → Late Latin: metastasis

References
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