θλῖψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θλίβω (thlíbō, “to press”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θλῖψῐς • (thlîpsĭs) f (genitive θλῑ́ψεως); third declension

  1. pressure
    1. (figuratively) oppression, affliction

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θλῖψῐς; τῆς θλῑ́ψεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ θλῖψῐς
hē thlîpsĭs 		τὼ θλῑ́ψει
tṑ thlī́psei 		αἱ θλῑ́ψεις
hai thlī́pseis
Genitive τῆς θλῑ́ψεως
tês thlī́pseōs 		τοῖν θλῑψέοιν
toîn thlīpséoin 		τῶν θλῑ́ψεων
tôn thlī́pseōn
Dative τῇ θλῑ́ψει
tēî thlī́psei 		τοῖν θλῑψέοιν
toîn thlīpséoin 		ταῖς θλῑ́ψεσῐ / θλῑ́ψεσῐν
taîs thlī́psesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν θλῖψῐν
tḕn thlîpsĭn 		τὼ θλῑ́ψει
tṑ thlī́psei 		τᾱ̀ς θλῑ́ψεις
tā̀s thlī́pseis
Vocative θλῖψῐ
thlîpsĭ 		θλῑ́ψει
thlī́psei 		θλῑ́ψεις
thlī́pseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: θλίψη f (thlípsi, “sadness, sorrow, grief”)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “θλίβω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550: “DER > line 1 > θλῖψις”

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