ἔλευσις

See also: Ἐλευσίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλεύθω (eleúthō, “to come, go”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.leu̯.sis/ → /ˈe.leɸ.sis/ → /ˈe.lef.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.leu̯.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lew.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.leɸ.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lef.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lef.sis/

Noun

ἔλευσῐς • (éleusis) f (genitive ἐλεύσεως); third declension

1. coming, arrival
2. (biblical) Advent

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔλευσῐς; τῆς ἐλεύσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔλευσῐς hē éleusis	τὼ ἐλεύσει tṑ eleúsei	αἱ ἐλεύσεις hai eleúseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐλεύσεως tês eleúseōs	τοῖν ἐλευσέοιν toîn eleuséoin	τῶν ἐλεύσεων tôn eleúseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐλεύσει têi eleúsei	τοῖν ἐλευσέοιν toîn eleuséoin	ταῖς ἐλεύσεσῐ / ἐλεύσεσῐν taîs eleúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔλευσῐν tḕn éleusin	τὼ ἐλεύσει tṑ eleúsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐλεύσεις tā̀s eleúseis
Vocative	ἔλευσῐ éleusi	ἐλεύσει eleúsei	ἐλεύσεις eleúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: έλευση (élefsi)

Further reading

• “ἔλευσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔλευσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔλευσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔλευσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)