μείωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μειόω (meióō, “to lessen, diminish”) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μείωσῐς • (meíōsis) f (genitive μειώσεως); third declension

  1. diminution
  2. waning (of the moon)
  3. loss (of property)

Declension
Third declension of ἡ μείωσῐς; τῆς μειώσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ μείωσῐς
hē meíōsis
Genitive τῆς μειώσεως
tês meiṓseōs
Dative τῇ μειώσει
têi meiṓsei
Accusative τὴν μείωσῐν
tḕn meíōsin
Vocative μείωσῐ
meíōsi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
Descendants

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