ξέσις in Ancient Greek

IPA: /ksé.sis/, /ˈkse.sis/, /ˈkse.sis/, /ksé.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkse.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈkse.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈkse.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈkse.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From ξέω (xéō, “to scrape”) + -σῐς (-sĭs). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*kes-}}, {{af|grc|ξέω|-σῐς|t1=to scrape}} ξέω (xéō, “to scrape”) + -σῐς (-sĭs) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ξέσεως|f|third|head=ξέσῐς}} ξέσῐς • (xésĭs) f (genitive ξέσεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ξέσῐς|ξέσεως|form=F}} Forms: ξέσῐς [canonical], xésĭs [romanization], ξέσεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ξέσῐς [nominative, singular], ξέσει [dual, nominative], αἱ ξέσεις [nominative, plural], τῆς ξέσεως [genitive, singular], ξεσέοιν [dual, genitive], ξέσεων [genitive, plural], τῇ ξέσει [dative, singular], ξεσέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ξέσεσῐ [dative, plural], ξέσεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs xésesĭ [dative, plural], taîs xésesĭn [dative, plural], τὴν ξέσῐν [accusative, singular], ξέσει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ξέσεις [accusative, plural], ξέσῐ [singular, vocative], ξέσει [dual, vocative], ξέσεις [plural, vocative]

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"ξέσις" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun