"τμῆσις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τμῆσις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tmɛ̂ː.sis/, /ˈtmi.sis/, /ˈtmi.sis/, /tmɛ̂ː.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈtme̝.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈtmi.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈtmi.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈtmi.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the root of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, verbal noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*temh₁-}}, {{af|grc|τέμνω|-σῐς|pos2=verbal noun suffix|t1=to cut}} τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, verbal noun suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τμήσεως|f|third|head=τμῆσῐς}} τμῆσῐς • (tmêsĭs) f (genitive τμήσεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τμῆσῐς|τμήσεως|form=F}} Forms: τμῆσῐς [canonical], tmêsĭs [romanization], τμήσεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ τμῆσῐς [nominative, singular], τμήσει [dual, nominative], αἱ τμήσεις [nominative, plural], τῆς τμήσεως [genitive, singular], τμησέοιν [dual, genitive], τμήσεων [genitive, plural], τῇ τμήσει [dative, singular], τμησέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς τμήσεσῐ [dative, plural], τμήσεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs tmḗsesĭ [dative, plural], taîs tmḗsesĭn [dative, plural], τὴν τμῆσῐν [accusative, singular], τμήσει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς τμήσεις [accusative, plural], τμῆσῐ [singular, vocative], τμήσει [dual, vocative], τμήσεις [plural, vocative]
  1. cutting
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/"
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      "ipa": "/tmɛ̂ː.sis/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈtme̝.sis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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}
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            "2": "tmesis",
            "bor": "1"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "singular"
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        "nominative"
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τῆς τμήσεως",
      "roman": "tês tmḗseōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "τμήσεων",
      "roman": "tmḗseōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τῇ τμήσει",
      "roman": "têi tmḗsei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τμησέοιν",
      "roman": "tmēséoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς τμήσεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τμήσεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs tmḗsesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs tmḗsesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν τμῆσῐν",
      "roman": "tḕn tmêsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "τμήσει",
      "roman": "tmḗsei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς τμήσεις",
      "roman": "tā̀s tmḗseis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τμῆσῐ",
      "roman": "tmêsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τμήσει",
      "roman": "tmḗsei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τμήσεις",
      "roman": "tmḗseis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τμήσεως",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "τμῆσῐς"
      },
      "expansion": "τμῆσῐς • (tmêsĭs) f (genitive τμήσεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τμῆσῐς",
        "2": "τμήσεως",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *temh₁-",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cutting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tmɛ̂ː.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tmɛ̂ː.sis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtme̝.sis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtmi.sis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τμῆσις"
}

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