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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ῠ̔φαιρέω (hŭphairéō) + -σῐς (-sĭs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hy.pʰǎi̯.re.sis/ → /yˈɸɛ.re.sis/ → /iˈfe.re.sis/
Noun
ῠ̔φαίρεσῐς • (hŭphaíresĭs) f (genitive ῠ̔φαιρέσεως); third declension
- taking away from under
- purloining, pilfering
- subtraction, reduction
- moderation, mitigation
- (grammar) omission of a letter; contrasted with σῠγκοπή (sŭnkopḗ)
Declension
Further reading
- “ὑφαίρεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑφαίρεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὑφαίρεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “ὑφαίρεσις”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn