τεινεσμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, pull tight”) +‎ -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τεινεσμός • (teinesmós) m (genitive τεινεσμοῦ); second declension

  1. vain endeavor to evacuate

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ τεινεσμός; τοῦ τεινεσμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τεινεσμός
ho teinesmós		 τὼ τεινεσμώ
tṑ teinesmṓ		 οἱ τεινεσμοί
hoi teinesmoí
Genitive τοῦ τεινεσμοῦ
toû teinesmoû		 τοῖν τεινεσμοῖν
toîn teinesmoîn		 τῶν τεινεσμῶν
tôn teinesmôn
Dative τῷ τεινεσμῷ
tôi teinesmôi		 τοῖν τεινεσμοῖν
toîn teinesmoîn		 τοῖς τεινεσμοῖς
toîs teinesmoîs
Accusative τὸν τεινεσμόν
tòn teinesmón		 τὼ τεινεσμώ
tṑ teinesmṓ		 τοὺς τεινεσμούς
toùs teinesmoús
Vocative τεινεσμέ
teinesmé		 τεινεσμώ
teinesmṓ		 τεινεσμοί
teinesmoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • τεινεσμώδης (teinesmṓdēs, adjective)

Descendants
  • → Medieval Latin: tēnesmus (see there for further descendants)

References
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