-σις
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sis"
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -τῐς (-tĭs)
Etymology
From earlier -τις (-tis) (retained after dentals), from Proto-Indo-European *-tis. The *t changed to *s by assibilation and palatalization, triggered by the following *i. Cognates include Latin -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sis/
Suffix
-σῐς • (-sĭs) f (genitive -σεως or -σῐος or -σηος); third declension
- Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -σῐς -sĭs |
-σει -sei |
-σεις -seis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -σεως -seōs |
-σέοιν -séoin |
-σεων -seōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -σει -sei |
-σέοιν -séoin |
-σεσῐ / -σεσῐν -sesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -σῐν -sĭn |
-σει -sei |
-σεις -seis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -σῐ -sĭ |
-σει -sei |
-σεις -seis | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -σῐς -sĭs |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐες -sĭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -σῐος -sĭos |
-σῐ́οιν -sĭ́oin |
-σῐ́ων -sĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -σῑ -sī |
-σῐ́οιν -sĭ́oin |
-σῐσῐ / -σῐσῐν -sĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -σῐν -sĭn |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῑς / -σῐᾰς -sīs / -sĭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -σῐ -sĭ |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐες -sĭes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -σῐς -sĭs |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐες / -σηες -sĭes / -sēes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -σῐος / -σηος -sĭos / -sēos |
-σῐ́οιν / -σῐ́οιῐν -sĭ́oi(ĭ)n |
-σῐ́ων -sĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -σῐῐ / -σῑ / -σηῐ̈ / -σει -sĭĭ / -sī / -sēĭ̈ / -sei |
-σῐ́οιν / -σῐ́οιῐν -sĭ́oi(ĭ)n |
-σῐ́εσσῐ / -σῐ́εσσῐν / -σεσῐ / -σεσῐν / -σῐσῐ / -σῐσῐν -sĭ́essĭ(n) / -sesĭ(n) / -sĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -σῐν -sĭn |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐᾰς / -σηᾰς / -σῑς -sĭăs / -sēăs / -sīs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -σῐ -sĭ |
-σῐε -sĭe |
-σῐες / -σηες -sĭes / -sēes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις
- -σίᾱ (-síā)
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.2