κρᾶσις

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root of κεράννυμι (keránnumi, to mix) +‎ -σις (-sis).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρᾶσῐς (krâsisf (genitive κρᾱ́σεως); third declension

  1. mixture, compound, union
  2. temperature, climate
  3. temperament
  4. (grammar) crasis (e.g. τὸ ἔλαιον > τοὔλαιον)

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κεράννυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 675

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