πλῆξις in Ancient Greek

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

Etymology: From πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”) + -σις (-sis). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|πλήσσω|-σις|t1=to strike, smite}} πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”) + -σις (-sis) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πλῆξῐς|πλήξεως|f|third}} πλῆξῐς • (plêxĭs) f (genitive πλήξεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πλῆξῐς|πλήξεως|form=F}} Forms: πλῆξῐς [canonical], plêxĭs [romanization], πλήξεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ πλῆξῐς [nominative, singular], πλήξει [dual, nominative], αἱ πλήξεις [nominative, plural], τῆς πλήξεως [genitive, singular], πληξέοιν [dual, genitive], πλήξεων [genitive, plural], τῇ πλήξει [dative, singular], πληξέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πλήξεσῐ [dative, plural], πλήξεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs plḗxesĭ [dative, plural], taîs plḗxesĭn [dative, plural], τὴν πλῆξῐν [accusative, singular], πλήξει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πλήξεις [accusative, plural], πλῆξῐ [singular, vocative], πλήξει [dual, vocative], πλήξεις [plural, vocative], πλᾶξῐς [alternative, Doric]

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"πλῆξις" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun