ἔκφρασις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἐκφρᾰ́ζω (ekphrázō) + -σῐς (-sis)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ékʰ.pʰra.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈek.pʰra.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈek.ɸra.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈek.fra.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈek.fra.sis/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἔκφρᾰσῐς hē ékphrasis |
τὼ ἐκφρᾰ́σει tṑ ekphrásei |
αἱ ἐκφρᾰ́σεις hai ekphráseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐκφρᾰ́σεως tês ekphráseōs |
τοῖν ἐκφρᾰσέοιν toîn ekphraséoin |
τῶν ἐκφρᾰ́σεων tôn ekphráseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐκφρᾰ́σει têi ekphrásei |
τοῖν ἐκφρᾰσέοιν toîn ekphraséoin |
ταῖς ἐκφρᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐκφρᾰ́σεσῐν taîs ekphrásesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἔκφρᾰσῐν tḕn ékphrasin |
τὼ ἐκφρᾰ́σει tṑ ekphrásei |
τᾱ̀ς ἐκφρᾰ́σεις tā̀s ekphráseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔκφρᾰσῐ ékphrasi |
ἐκφρᾰ́σει ekphrásei |
ἐκφρᾰ́σεις ekphráseis | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἐκφρᾰστῐκός (ekphrastikós)
Descendants
- → English: ekphrasis
Further reading
- “ἔκφρασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔκφρασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔκφρασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔκφρασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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