κατάχρησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταχράομαι (katakhráomai) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tá.kʰrɛː.sis/ → /kaˈta.xri.sis/ → /kaˈta.xri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tá.kʰrɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.kʰre̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.xri.sis/

Noun

κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐς • (katákhrēsis) f (genitive κᾰτᾰχρήσεως); third declension

1. (lexicography) analogical use of a word

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐς; τῆς κᾰτᾰχρήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐς hē katákhrēsis	τὼ κᾰτᾰχρήσει tṑ katakhrḗsei	αἱ κᾰτᾰχρήσεις hai katakhrḗseis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτᾰχρήσεως tês katakhrḗseōs	τοῖν κᾰτᾰχρησέοιν toîn katakhrēséoin	τῶν κᾰτᾰχρήσεων tôn katakhrḗseōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτᾰχρήσει têi katakhrḗsei	τοῖν κᾰτᾰχρησέοιν toîn katakhrēséoin	ταῖς κᾰτᾰχρήσεσῐ / κᾰτᾰχρήσεσῐν taîs katakhrḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐν tḕn katákhrēsin	τὼ κᾰτᾰχρήσει tṑ katakhrḗsei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰχρήσεις tā̀s katakhrḗseis
Vocative	κᾰτᾰ́χρησῐ katákhrēsi	κᾰτᾰχρήσει katakhrḗsei	κᾰτᾰχρήσεις katakhrḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κατάχρηση (katáchrisi)
• → Latin: catachrēsis f
  • → English: catachresis
  • → French: catachrèse f

Further reading

• “κατάχρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κατάχρησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κατάχρησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette