πέψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πέσσω (péssō, “to ripen; cook; digest”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πέψῐς • (pépsis) f (genitive πέψεως); third declension

  1. softening, ripening, or changing by means of heat
  2. (in general) cooking of food
  3. (of wine) fermentation
  4. (medicine) digestion of food
  5. concoction of acrid humors
  6. concoction, as a function of the animal organs

Declension
Third declension of ἡ πέψῐς; τῆς πέψεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πέψῐς
hē pépsis		 τὼ πέψει
tṑ pépsei		 αἱ πέψεις
hai pépseis
Genitive τῆς πέψεως
tês pépseōs		 τοῖν πεψέοιν
toîn pepséoin		 τῶν πέψεων
tôn pépseōn
Dative τῇ πέψει
têi pépsei		 τοῖν πεψέοιν
toîn pepséoin		 ταῖς πέψεσῐ / πέψεσῐν
taîs pépsesi(n)
Accusative τὴν πέψῐν
tḕn pépsin		 τὼ πέψει
tṑ pépsei		 τᾱ̀ς πέψεις
tā̀s pépseis
Vocative πέψῐ
pépsi		 πέψει
pépsei		 πέψεις
pépseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Translingual: Pepsis
  • → Italian: pepsi

References
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