στῦψις

Ancient Greek

From στύφω (stúphō, “to contract”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

στῦψῐς • (stûpsis) f (genitive στῡ́ψεως); third declension

contraction, astringency
steeping of the fabric in an astringent solution, to prepare it for taking the dye
thickening of oil with certain drugs to make it retain its scent longer (in perfumery)

Third declension of ἡ στῦψῐς; τῆς στῡ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στῦψῐς hē stûpsis	τὼ στῡ́ψει tṑ stū́psei	αἱ στῡ́ψεις hai stū́pseis
Genitive	τῆς στῡ́ψεως tês stū́pseōs	τοῖν στῡψέοιν toîn stūpséoin	τῶν στῡ́ψεων tôn stū́pseōn
Dative	τῇ στῡ́ψει têi stū́psei	τοῖν στῡψέοιν toîn stūpséoin	ταῖς στῡ́ψεσῐ / στῡ́ψεσῐν taîs stū́psesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν στῦψῐν tḕn stûpsin	τὼ στῡ́ψει tṑ stū́psei	τᾱ̀ς στῡ́ψεις tā̀s stū́pseis
Vocative	στῦψῐ stûpsi	στῡ́ψει stū́psei	στῡ́ψεις stū́pseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.