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σῆψις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σῆψις σήψεως

Structure: σηψι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. putrefaction

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σῆψις σήψει σήψεις
Genitive σήψεως σήψοιν σήψεων
Dative σήψει σήψοιν σήψεσιν*
Accusative σῆψιν σήψει σήψεις
Vocative σῆψι σήψει σήψεις

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σῆψισ γὰρ ὕδατοσ τὸ λιμναῖόν ἐστι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 56 2:2)
  • ἐστι τῶν ποταμίων καὶ φρεατιαίων ἡ δὲ πέψισ ἐοίκεν εἶναι σῆψισ, ὡσ Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ μαρτυρεῖ λέγων οἶνοσ ὑπὸ φλοιοῦ πέλεται σαπὲν ἐν ξύλῳ ὕδωρ ἢ πάντων ἑτοιμότατόν ἐστι καὶ ῥᾷστον αἰτιάσασθαι τὸ γλυκὺ τῶν ὀμβρίων καὶ χρηστόν, ἐκπεμπόμενον εὐθὺσ ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματοσ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 2 10:1)
  • ἢ σῆψισ μὲν οὐκ ἔστι τῶν δικτύων, ὅταν δὲ φρίξῃ καὶ παγῇ διὰ τὸ ψῦχοσ ἀναξηραινόμενα καὶ θρυπτόμενα μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τοῦ κλύδωνοσ σήψει τινὶ καὶ μυδήσει πάσχει παραπλήσιον; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 13 2:1)
  • γίγνεται γὰρ ἄτονον καὶ ἀδρανὲσ καὶ ὅλωσ ἐοίκε σῆψισ ἡ ζύμωσισ εἶναι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 109 1:3)
  • γίγνεται γὰρ ἄτονον καὶ ἀδρανὲσ καὶ ὅλωσ ἐοίκε σῆψισ ἡ ζύμωσισ εἶναι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 109 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. putrefaction

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