τεινεσμός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, pull tight”) + -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /teː.nez.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ti.nezˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ti.nezˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ti.nezˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ti.nezˈmos/
Noun
τεινεσμός • (teinesmós) m (genitive τεινεσμοῦ); second declension
- vain endeavor to evacuate the bowels; constipation
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τεινεσμός ho teinesmós |
τὼ τεινεσμώ tṑ teinesmṓ |
οἱ τεινεσμοί hoi teinesmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τεινεσμοῦ toû teinesmoû |
τοῖν τεινεσμοῖν toîn teinesmoîn |
τῶν τεινεσμῶν tôn teinesmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τεινεσμῷ tôi teinesmôi |
τοῖν τεινεσμοῖν toîn teinesmoîn |
τοῖς τεινεσμοῖς toîs teinesmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τεινεσμόν tòn teinesmón |
τὼ τεινεσμώ tṑ teinesmṓ |
τοὺς τεινεσμούς toùs teinesmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τεινεσμέ teinesmé |
τεινεσμώ teinesmṓ |
τεινεσμοί teinesmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τεινεσμώδης (teinesmṓdēs, adjective)
Descendants
- → Medieval Latin: tēnesmus (see there for further descendants)
References
- “τεινεσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press