ἔγκλισις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκλίνω (enklínō, “to incline”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἔγκλῐσῐς • (énklisis) f (genitive ἐγκλῐ́σεως); third declension

  1. inclination; slope
  2. defeat, failure
  3. (medicine) displacement
  4. (grammar) mood of a verb
  5. (grammar) change of acute accent to grave accent
  6. (grammar, generally) inflection of derivative forms

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἔγκλῐσῐς; τῆς ἐγκλῐ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἔγκλῐσῐς
hē énklisis		 τὼ ἐγκλῐ́σει
tṑ enklísei		 αἱ ἐγκλῐ́σεις
hai enklíseis
Genitive τῆς ἐγκλῐ́σεως
tês enklíseōs		 τοῖν ἐγκλῐσέοιν
toîn enkliséoin		 τῶν ἐγκλῐ́σεων
tôn enklíseōn
Dative τῇ ἐγκλῐ́σει
têi enklísei		 τοῖν ἐγκλῐσέοιν
toîn enkliséoin		 ταῖς ἐγκλῐ́σεσῐ / ἐγκλῐ́σεσῐν
taîs enklísesi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἔγκλῐσῐν
tḕn énklisin		 τὼ ἐγκλῐ́σει
tṑ enklísei		 τᾱ̀ς ἐγκλῐ́σεις
tā̀s enklíseis
Vocative ἔγκλῐσῐ
énklisi		 ἐγκλῐ́σει
enklísei		 ἐγκλῐ́σεις
enklíseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ἐγκλῐσῐκός (enklisikós)

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