στάξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στάζω (stázō, “I drop”) +‎ -σις (-sis, suffix to form a feminine noun).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

στάξῐς • (stáxis) f (genitive στάξεως); third declension

  1. dropping, dripping (e.g. of blood from the nose)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ στᾰ́ξῐς; τῆς στᾰ́ξεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στᾰ́ξῐς
hē stáxis		 τὼ στᾰ́ξει
tṑ stáxei		 αἱ στᾰ́ξεις
hai stáxeis
Genitive τῆς στᾰ́ξεως
tês stáxeōs		 τοῖν στᾰξέοιν
toîn staxéoin		 τῶν στᾰ́ξεων
tôn stáxeōn
Dative τῇ στᾰ́ξει
têi stáxei		 τοῖν στᾰξέοιν
toîn staxéoin		 ταῖς στᾰ́ξεσῐ / στᾰ́ξεσῐν
taîs stáxesi(n)
Accusative τὴν στᾰ́ξῐν
tḕn stáxin		 τὼ στᾰ́ξει
tṑ stáxei		 τᾱ̀ς στᾰ́ξεις
tā̀s stáxeis
Vocative στᾰ́ξῐ
stáxi		 στᾰ́ξει
stáxei		 στᾰ́ξεις
stáxeis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἐπίσταξις (epístaxis, “nosebleed”)

Further reading
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