λῆψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take, grasp, seize”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːp.sis/ → /ˈlip.sis/ → /ˈlip.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːp.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝p.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlip.sis/

Noun

λῆψῐς • (lêpsĭs) f (genitive λήψεως); third declension

1. taking hold, seizing, catching
2. accepting, receiving
3. attack of fever or sickness, seizure
4. (logic) assumption
5. (in a poem) choice of matter
6. (in music) choice of pitch

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λῆψῐς; τῆς λήψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῆψῐς hē lêpsĭs	τὼ λήψει tṑ lḗpsei	αἱ λήψεις hai lḗpseis
Genitive	τῆς λήψεως tês lḗpseōs	τοῖν ληψέοιν toîn lēpséoin	τῶν λήψεων tôn lḗpseōn
Dative	τῇ λήψει tēî lḗpsei	τοῖν ληψέοιν toîn lēpséoin	ταῖς λήψεσῐ / λήψεσῐν taîs lḗpsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῆψῐν tḕn lêpsĭn	τὼ λήψει tṑ lḗpsei	τᾱ̀ς λήψεις tā̀s lḗpseis
Vocative	λῆψῐ lêpsĭ	λήψει lḗpsei	λήψεις lḗpseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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