παῦσις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παύω (paúō, “stop, end”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

παῦσῐς • (paûsĭs) f (genitive παύσεως); third declension

  1. stopping, ceasing

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ παῦσῐς; τῆς παύσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ παῦσῐς
hē paûsĭs 		τὼ παύσει
tṑ paúsei 		αἱ παύσεις
hai paúseis
Genitive τῆς παύσεως
tês paúseōs 		τοῖν παυσέοιν
toîn pauséoin 		τῶν παύσεων
tôn paúseōn
Dative τῇ παύσει
têi paúsei 		τοῖν παυσέοιν
toîn pauséoin 		ταῖς παύσεσῐ / παύσεσῐν
taîs paúsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν παῦσῐν
tḕn paûsĭn 		τὼ παύσει
tṑ paúsei 		τᾱ̀ς παύσεις
tā̀s paúseis
Vocative παῦσῐ
paûsĭ 		παύσει
paúsei 		παύσεις
paúseis
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: pausa (see there for further descendants)
  • Greek: παύση (páfsi)

References

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