ἄκουσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) +‎ -σις (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kuː.sis/ → /ˈa.ku.sis/ → /ˈa.ku.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kuː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.sis/

Noun

ἄκουσῐς • (ákousis) f (genitive ἀ̆κούσεως); third declension

1. Hearing.
2. (in the plural) Synonym of ἀκουσμάτια (akousmátia).

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀ̆κουσῐς; τῆς ἀ̆κούσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆κουσῐς hē akousis	τὼ ἀ̆κούσει tṑ akoúsei	αἱ ἀ̆κούσεις hai akoúseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆κούσεως tês akoúseōs	τοῖν ἀ̆κουσέοιν toîn akouséoin	τῶν ἀ̆κούσεων tôn akoúseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆κούσει têi akoúsei	τοῖν ἀ̆κουσέοιν toîn akouséoin	ταῖς ἀ̆κούσεσῐ / ἀ̆κούσεσῐν taîs akoúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆κουσῐν tḕn akousin	τὼ ἀ̆κούσει tṑ akoúsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆κούσεις tā̀s akoúseis
Vocative	ἀ̆κουσῐ akousi	ἀ̆κούσει akoúsei	ἀ̆κούσεις akoúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ English: hyperacusis

References

• “ἄκουσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press