πρίστις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρίζω (prízō, “to saw”) +‎ -τις (-tis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρῐ́στῐς • (prístis) f (genitive πρῐ́στεως); third declension

  1. Common sawfish (Pristis pristis, syn. Pristis antiquorum).
  2. Ship of war, from its shape of a sawfish.
  3. A kind of cup, from its shape of a sawfish.
  4. Ornamental part of a surgical machine.
  5. A stonemason's implement.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πρῐ́στῐς; τῆς πρῐ́στεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πρῐ́στῐς
hē prístis 		τὼ πρῐ́στει
tṑ prístei 		αἱ πρῐ́στεις
hai prísteis
Genitive τῆς πρῐ́στεως
tês prísteōs 		τοῖν πρῐστέοιν
toîn pristéoin 		τῶν πρῐ́στεων
tôn prísteōn
Dative τῇ πρῐ́στει
têi prístei 		τοῖν πρῐστέοιν
toîn pristéoin 		ταῖς πρῐ́στεσῐ / πρῐ́στεσῐν
taîs prístesi(n)
Accusative τὴν πρῐ́στῐν
tḕn prístin 		τὼ πρῐ́στει
tṑ prístei 		τᾱ̀ς πρῐ́στεις
tā̀s prísteis
Vocative πρῐ́στῐ
prísti 		πρῐ́στει
prístei 		πρῐ́στεις
prísteis
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Latin: pristis
  • → Translingual: Pristis

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