ἔγχρισις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγχρίω (enkhríō) + -σις (-sis), from χρίω (khríō, “to rub, smear, anoint”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔγχρῑσῐς • (énkhrīsĭs) f (genitive ἐγχρῑ́σεως); third declension

  1. (medicine) anointing, rubbing in; application of a substance by rubbing
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Decorum 8:
      περὶ ψηλαφίης, καὶ ἐγχρίσιος, καὶ ἐγκαταντλήσιος
      perì psēlaphíēs, kaì enkhrísios, kaì enkatantlḗsios
      concerning palpation, rubbing-in, and irrigation
  2. (zoology) scratch, slight wound, inoculation (e.g. from an animal bite or sting)
    • 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 3.22:
      τῆς τε ῥινὸς τὸ ἄκρον … ἐγχρίσει τῇ τῆς ἀσπίδος τρόπον τινά
      tês te rhinòs tò ákron … enkhrísei tēî tês aspídos trópon tiná
      the tip of the nose, being tender, is exposed to a kind of scratch from the asp

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἔγχρῑσῐς; τῆς ἐγχρῑ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἔγχρῑσῐς
hē énkhrīsĭs 		τὼ ἐγχρῑ́σει
tṑ enkhrī́sei 		αἱ ἐγχρῑ́σεις
hai enkhrī́seis
Genitive τῆς ἐγχρῑ́σεως
tês enkhrī́seōs 		τοῖν ἐγχρῑσέοιν
toîn enkhrīséoin 		τῶν ἐγχρῑ́σεων
tôn enkhrī́seōn
Dative τῇ ἐγχρῑ́σει
tēî enkhrī́sei 		τοῖν ἐγχρῑσέοιν
toîn enkhrīséoin 		ταῖς ἐγχρῑ́σεσῐ / ἐγχρῑ́σεσῐν
taîs enkhrī́sesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἔγχρῑσῐν
tḕn énkhrīsĭn 		τὼ ἐγχρῑ́σει
tṑ enkhrī́sei 		τᾱ̀ς ἐγχρῑ́σεις
tā̀s enkhrī́seis
Vocative ἔγχρῑσῐ
énkhrīsĭ 		ἐγχρῑ́σει
enkhrī́sei 		ἐγχρῑ́σεις
enkhrī́seis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Usage notes

In medical writers, ἔγχρῑσις denotes the therapeutic act of rubbing in a substance, especially ointments or medicated preparations, and is distinguished from other procedures such as ἐπίπλασις (epíplasis, “plastering”) or ἐπιπάσσις (epipássis, “sprinkling”). In zoological or descriptive contexts, the term may be extended to a light abrasion or scratch, especially one associated with venom or inoculation.

References

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