χύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χέω (khéō, “to pour; melt, cast”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χῠ́σῐς • (khúsis) f (genitive χῠ́σεως); third declension

  1. shedding, pouring out forth
  2. (figuratively) squandering
  3. (of nutriment) diffusion
    Antonym: πῑ́λησῐς (pī́lēsis)
  4. melting, casting, fusing
  5. liquid poured forth, flood, stream
  6. (figuratively) fluency or copiousness of speech
  7. quantity, abundance

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ χῠ́σῐς; τῆς χῠ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χῠ́σῐς
hē khúsis		 τὼ χῠ́σει
tṑ khúsei		 αἱ χῠ́σεις
hai khúseis
Genitive τῆς χῠ́σεως
tês khúseōs		 τοῖν χῠσέοιν
toîn khuséoin		 τῶν χῠ́σεων
tôn khúseōn
Dative τῇ χῠ́σει
têi khúsei		 τοῖν χῠσέοιν
toîn khuséoin		 ταῖς χῠ́σεσῐ / χῠ́σεσῐν
taîs khúsesi(n)
Accusative τὴν χῠ́σῐν
tḕn khúsin		 τὼ χῠ́σει
tṑ khúsei		 τᾱ̀ς χῠ́σεις
tā̀s khúseis
Vocative χῠ́σῐ
khúsi		 χῠ́σει
khúsei		 χῠ́σεις
khúseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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