"ἔκφρασις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἔκφρασις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ékʰ.pʰra.sis/, /ˈek.ɸra.sis/, /ˈek.fra.sis/, /ékʰ.pʰra.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈek.pʰra.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈek.ɸra.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈek.fra.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈek.fra.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: ἐκφρᾰ́ζω (ekphrázō) + -σῐς (-sis) Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἐκφρᾰ́ζω|-σῐς}} ἐκφρᾰ́ζω (ekphrázō) + -σῐς (-sis) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐκφρᾰ́σεως|f|third|head=ἔκφρᾰσῐς}} ἔκφρᾰσῐς • (ékphrasis) f (genitive ἐκφρᾰ́σεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἔκφρᾰσῐς|ἐκφρᾰ́σεως|form=F}} Forms: ἔκφρᾰσῐς [canonical], ékphrasis [romanization], ἐκφρᾰ́σεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ἔκφρᾰσῐς [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐκφρᾰ́σει [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐκφρᾰ́σεις [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐκφρᾰ́σεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐκφρᾰσέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐκφρᾰ́σεων [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐκφρᾰ́σει [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐκφρᾰσέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐκφρᾰ́σεσῐ [dative, plural], ἐκφρᾰ́σεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs ekphrásesi [dative, plural], taîs ekphrásesin [dative, plural], τὴν ἔκφρᾰσῐν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐκφρᾰ́σει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐκφρᾰ́σεις [accusative, plural], ἔκφρᾰσῐ [singular, vocative], ἐκφρᾰ́σει [dual, vocative], ἐκφρᾰ́σεις [plural, vocative]
  1. description; ekphrasis Related terms: ἐκφρᾰστῐκός (ekphrastikós)
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