σῆψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σήπω (sḗpō, to make rotten) + -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῆψῐς • (sêpsis) f (genitive σήψεως); third declension

  1. putrefaction, sepsis

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: sepsis
  • Greek: σήψη (sípsi)
  • Portuguese: sepse, sépsis

References

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