ἐπιχείρησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιχειρέω (epikheiréō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰěː.rɛː.sis/ → /e.piˈçi.ri.sis/ → /e.piˈçi.ri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰěː.rɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkʰi.re̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.sis/

Noun

ἐπῐχείρησις • (epikheírēsis) f (genitive ἐπῐχειρήσεως); third declension

1. attempt
2. attack

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐχείρησῐς; τῆς ἐπῐχειρήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐχείρησῐς hē epikheírēsis	τὼ ἐπῐχειρήσει tṑ epikheirḗsei	αἱ ἐπῐχειρήσεις hai epikheirḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐχειρήσεως tês epikheirḗseōs	τοῖν ἐπῐχειρησέοιν toîn epikheirēséoin	τῶν ἐπῐχειρήσεων tôn epikheirḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐχειρήσει têi epikheirḗsei	τοῖν ἐπῐχειρησέοιν toîn epikheirēséoin	ταῖς ἐπῐχειρήσεσῐ / ἐπῐχειρήσεσῐν taîs epikheirḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐχείρησῐν tḕn epikheírēsin	τὼ ἐπῐχειρήσει tṑ epikheirḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐχειρήσεις tā̀s epikheirḗseis
Vocative	ἐπῐχείρησῐ epikheírēsi	ἐπῐχειρήσει epikheirḗsei	ἐπῐχειρήσεις epikheirḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: επιχείρηση (epicheírisi)

Further reading

• ἐπιχείρησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπιχείρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attempt idem, page 50.
  • charge idem, page 125.
  • endeavour idem, page 272.
  • enterprise idem, page 277.
  • onslaught idem, page 574.
  • undertaking idem, page 914.