ἀποσιώπησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpáō) +‎ -σις (-sis) and ἀπο- (apo-) +‎ σιώπησις (siṓpēsis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀποσῐώπησῐς • (aposĭṓpēsĭs) f (genitive ἀποσῐωπήσεως); third declension

  1. (the act of) becoming silent
  2. (rhetoric) aposiopesis

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποσῐώπησῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓ποσῐώπησῐς
hē ăposĭṓpēsĭs 		τὼ ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσει
tṑ ăposĭōpḗsei 		αἱ ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσεις
hai ăposĭōpḗseis
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσεως
tês ăposĭōpḗseōs 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ποσῐωπησέοιν
toîn ăposĭōpēséoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσεων
tôn ăposĭōpḗseōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσει
tēî ăposĭōpḗsei 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ποσῐωπησέοιν
toîn ăposĭōpēséoin 		ταῖς ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσεσῐ / ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσεσῐν
taîs ăposĭōpḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓ποσῐώπησῐν
tḕn ăposĭṓpēsĭn 		τὼ ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσει
tṑ ăposĭōpḗsei 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσεις
tā̀s ăposĭōpḗseis
Vocative ᾰ̓ποσῐώπησῐ
ăposĭṓpēsĭ 		ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσει
ăposĭōpḗsei 		ᾰ̓ποσῐωπήσεις
ăposĭōpḗseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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