αἴνεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

αἰνέω (ainéō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ne.sis/ → /ˈɛ.ne.sis/ → /ˈe.ne.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ne.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ne.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ne.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ne.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ne.sis/

Noun

αἴνεσῐς • (aínesis) f (genitive αἰνέσεως); third declension

1. praise

Declension

Third declension of ἡ αἴνεσῐς; τῆς αἰνέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴνεσῐς hē aínesis	τὼ αἰνέσει tṑ ainései	αἱ αἰνέσεις hai ainéseis
Genitive	τῆς αἰνέσεως tês ainéseōs	τοῖν αἰνεσέοιν toîn aineséoin	τῶν αἰνέσεων tôn ainéseōn
Dative	τῇ αἰνέσει têi ainései	τοῖν αἰνεσέοιν toîn aineséoin	ταῖς αἰνέσεσῐ / αἰνέσεσῐν taîs ainésesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν αἴνεσῐν tḕn aínesin	τὼ αἰνέσει tṑ ainései	τᾱ̀ς αἰνέσεις tā̀s ainéseis
Vocative	αἴνεσῐ aínesi	αἰνέσει ainései	αἰνέσεις ainéseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “αἴνεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἴνεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette