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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπιδείκνῡμι (epideíknūmi, “to show, display”) + -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.pí.deːk.sis/ → /eˈpi.ðik.sis/ → /eˈpi.ðik.sis/
Noun
ἐπίδειξις • (epídeixis) f (genitive ἐπιδείξεως); third declension
- exhibition, display
- example
- declamation
Inflection
References
- “ἐπίδειξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίδειξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπίδειξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- declamation idem, page 201.
- demonstration idem, page 210.
- display idem, page 236.
- example idem, page 287.
- exhibition idem, page 291.
- lesson idem, page 485.
- manifestation idem, page 512.
- ostentation idem, page 580.
- parade idem, page 591.
- show idem, page 770.
- warning idem, page 964.