ἔγκλισις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔγκλῐσῐς • (énklĭsĭs) 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 énklĭsĭs 		τὼ ἐγκλῐ́σει
tṑ enklĭ́sei 		αἱ ἐγκλῐ́σεις
hai enklĭ́seis
Genitive τῆς ἐγκλῐ́σεως
tês enklĭ́seōs 		τοῖν ἐγκλῐσέοιν
toîn enklĭséoin 		τῶν ἐγκλῐ́σεων
tôn enklĭ́seōn
Dative τῇ ἐγκλῐ́σει
têi enklĭ́sei 		τοῖν ἐγκλῐσέοιν
toîn enklĭséoin 		ταῖς ἐγκλῐ́σεσῐ / ἐγκλῐ́σεσῐν
taîs enklĭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἔγκλῐσῐν
tḕn énklĭsĭn 		τὼ ἐγκλῐ́σει
tṑ enklĭ́sei 		τᾱ̀ς ἐγκλῐ́σεις
tā̀s enklĭ́seis
Vocative ἔγκλῐσῐ
énklĭsĭ 		ἐγκλῐ́σει
enklĭ́sei 		ἐγκλῐ́σεις
enklĭ́seis
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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