νέκρωσις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεκρόω (nekróō, “I make dead, I am dead; I mortify”) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νέκρωσις • (nékrōsis) f (genitive νέκρωσεως); third declension

  1. a state of death, deadness; death
    • Ep., Cor. 4.10
  2. (figurative) mortification
    • 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, SA2 10
    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, 18(1) 156
    • Ep., Rom. 4.19
    • Astrampsychus, Dream Interpretations 6R

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ νέκρωσῐς; τῆς νεκρώσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νέκρωσῐς
hē nékrōsis 		τὼ νεκρώσει
tṑ nekrṓsei 		αἱ νεκρώσεις
hai nekrṓseis
Genitive τῆς νεκρώσεως
tês nekrṓseōs 		τοῖν νεκρωσέοιν
toîn nekrōséoin 		τῶν νεκρώσεων
tôn nekrṓseōn
Dative τῇ νεκρώσει
têi nekrṓsei 		τοῖν νεκρωσέοιν
toîn nekrōséoin 		ταῖς νεκρώσεσῐ / νεκρώσεσῐν
taîs nekrṓsesi(n)
Accusative τὴν νέκρωσῐν
tḕn nékrōsin 		τὼ νεκρώσει
tṑ nekrṓsei 		τᾱ̀ς νεκρώσεις
tā̀s nekrṓseis
Vocative νέκρωσῐ
nékrōsi 		νεκρώσει
nekrṓsei 		νεκρώσεις
nekrṓseis
Notes:

Descendants

  • → English: necrosis

See also

References

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