ἔκδοσις

See also: ἐκδόσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

ἐκδῐ́δωμῐ (ekdídōmi, give up, surrender) + -σῐς (-sis), from ἐκ (ek, out) + δῐ́δωμῐ (dídōmi, give).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔκδοσῐς (ékdosis) f (genitive ἐκδόσῐος or ἐκδόσεως); third declension

  1. giving up, surrendering
    1. giving in marriage, dowering
    2. letting, hiring, farming out
    3. lending money on ships or exported goods, bottomry
    4. publication of a book
      1. a publication, treatise
      2. edition of an author’s work
      3. translation
  2. bursting forth
    1. delivery
      • 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 1.71
    2. motions of the bowels
      • Archig. ap. Aët. 6.27

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