ἔγκλισις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκλίνω (enklínō, “to incline”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔγκλῐσῐς • (énklisis) f (genitive ἐγκλῐ́σεως); third declension

  1. inclination; slope
  2. defeat, failure
  3. (medicine) displacement
  4. (grammar) mood of a verb
  5. (grammar) throwing back of the accent or change of acute accent to grave accent[1]
  6. (grammar, generally) inflection of derivative forms

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔγκλῐσῐς; τῆς ἐγκλῐ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἔγκλῐσῐς
hē énklisis 		τὼ ἐγκλῐ́σει
tṑ enklísei 		αἱ ἐγκλῐ́σεις
hai enklíseis
Genitive τῆς ἐγκλῐ́σεως
tês enklíseōs 		τοῖν ἐγκλῐσέοιν
toîn enkliséoin 		τῶν ἐγκλῐ́σεων
tôn enklíseōn
Dative τῇ ἐγκλῐ́σει
têi enklísei 		τοῖν ἐγκλῐσέοιν
toîn enkliséoin 		ταῖς ἐγκλῐ́σεσῐ / ἐγκλῐ́σεσῐν
taîs enklísesi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἔγκλῐσῐν
tḕn énklisin 		τὼ ἐγκλῐ́σει
tṑ enklísei 		τᾱ̀ς ἐγκλῐ́σεις
tā̀s enklíseis
Vocative ἔγκλῐσῐ
énklisi 		ἐγκλῐ́σει
enklísei 		ἐγκλῐ́σεις
enklíseis
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: έγκλιση (égklisi)
  • → Latin: enclisis (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ The enclitics of Ancient Greek in Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 181-186

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