μάρανσις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰραίνω (maraínō, “to quench; to waste, wither”) + -σῐς (-sis, action noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.ran.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.ran.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ran.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ran.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.ran.sis/
Noun
μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς • (máransis) f (genitive μᾰρᾰ́νσεως); third declension
- causing to die away
- dying or fading away
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς hē máransis |
τὼ μᾰρᾰ́νσει tṑ maránsei |
αἱ μᾰρᾰ́νσεις hai maránseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰρᾰ́νσεως tês maránseōs |
τοῖν μᾰρᾰνσέοιν toîn maranséoin |
τῶν μᾰρᾰ́νσεων tôn maránseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰρᾰ́νσει têi maránsei |
τοῖν μᾰρᾰνσέοιν toîn maranséoin |
ταῖς μᾰρᾰ́νσεσῐ / μᾰρᾰ́νσεσῐν taîs maránsesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐν tḕn máransin |
τὼ μᾰρᾰ́νσει tṑ maránsei |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰρᾰ́νσεις tā̀s maránseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐ máransi |
μᾰρᾰ́νσει maránsei |
μᾰρᾰ́νσεις maránseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δῐᾰμᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς (diamáransis)
- μᾰρᾰντῐκός (marantikós)
Related terms
- ᾰ̓πομᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς (apomáransis)
- μᾰρᾰσμός (marasmós)
References
- “μάρανσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press