ἀντανάκλασις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́, “against”) + ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ, “up”) + κλᾰ́σῐς (klắsĭs, “breaking”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.ta.ná.kla.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.taˈna.kla.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.taˈna.kla.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.taˈna.kla.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.daˈna.kla.sis/
- Hyphenation: ᾰ̓ν‧τᾰ‧νᾰ́‧κλᾰ‧σῐς
Noun
ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰ́κλᾰσῐς • (ăntănắklăsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰ́κλᾰ́σεως or ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰ́κλᾰ́σιος); third declension
- reflection
- bending back
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰ́κλᾰσῐς hē ăntănắklăsĭs |
τὼ ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σει tṑ ăntănăklắsei |
αἱ ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σεις hai ăntănăklắseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σεως tês ăntănăklắseōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰσέοιν toîn ăntănăklăséoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σεων tôn ăntănăklắseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σει tēî ăntănăklắsei |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰσέοιν toîn ăntănăklăséoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σεσῐν taîs ăntănăklắsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰ́κλᾰσῐν tḕn ăntănắklăsĭn |
τὼ ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σει tṑ ăntănăklắsei |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σεις tā̀s ăntănăklắseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰ́κλᾰσῐ ăntănắklăsĭ |
ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σει ăntănăklắsei |
ᾰ̓ντᾰνᾰκλᾰ́σεις ăntănăklắseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ English: antanaclasis
Further reading
- “ἀντανάκλασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press