αὔξησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὔξω (aúxō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αὔξησῐς • (aúxēsĭs) f (genitive αὐξήσεως); third declension

  1. growth, increase
    • 50 CE – 100 CE, Epistle to the Colossians 2:19:
      καὶ οὐ κρατῶν τὴν κεφαλήν, ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα, διὰ τῶν ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων ἐπιχορηγούμενον καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον, αὔξει τὴν αὔξησιν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
      kaì ou kratôn tḕn kephalḗn, ex hoû pân tò sôma, dià tôn haphôn kaì sundésmōn epikhorēgoúmenon kaì sumbibazómenon, aúxei tḕn aúxēsin toû Theoû.
      • Translation by KJV
        And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ αὔξησῐς; τῆς αὐξήσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ αὔξησῐς
hē aúxēsĭs 		τὼ αὐξήσει
tṑ auxḗsei 		αἱ αὐξήσεις
hai auxḗseis
Genitive τῆς αὐξήσεως
tês auxḗseōs 		τοῖν αὐξησέοιν
toîn auxēséoin 		τῶν αὐξήσεων
tôn auxḗseōn
Dative τῇ αὐξήσει
tēî auxḗsei 		τοῖν αὐξησέοιν
toîn auxēséoin 		ταῖς αὐξήσεσῐ / αὐξήσεσῐν
taîs auxḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν αὔξησῐν
tḕn aúxēsĭn 		τὼ αὐξήσει
tṑ auxḗsei 		τᾱ̀ς αὐξήσεις
tā̀s auxḗseis
Vocative αὔξησῐ
aúxēsĭ 		αὐξήσει
auxḗsei 		αὐξήσεις
auxḗseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: αύξηση (áfxisi)
  • → English: auxesis

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