ἔμφασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”, from ἐν- (en-) +‎ φαίνω (phaínō)) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἔμφᾰσῐς • (émphasis) f (genitive ἐμφᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. appearance
  2. outward appearance, reflection, image
  3. setting forth, narrative, proof
  4. (rhetoric) significance, emphasis, force
  5. moral (of a story)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἔμφᾰσῐς; τῆς ἐμφᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἔμφᾰσῐς
hē émphasis		 τὼ ἐμφᾰ́σει
tṑ emphásei		 αἱ ἐμφᾰ́σεις
hai empháseis
Genitive τῆς ἐμφᾰ́σεως
tês empháseōs		 τοῖν ἐμφᾰσέοιν
toîn emphaséoin		 τῶν ἐμφᾰ́σεων
tôn empháseōn
Dative τῇ ἐμφᾰ́σει
têi emphásei		 τοῖν ἐμφᾰσέοιν
toîn emphaséoin		 ταῖς ἐμφᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐμφᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs emphásesi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἔμφᾰσῐν
tḕn émphasin		 τὼ ἐμφᾰ́σει
tṑ emphásei		 τᾱ̀ς ἐμφᾰ́σεις
tā̀s empháseis
Vocative ἔμφᾰσῐ
émphasi		 ἐμφᾰ́σει
emphásei		 ἐμφᾰ́σεις
empháseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • English: emphasis
  • French: emphase
  • Portuguese: ênfase
  • Spanish: énfasis
  • Catalan: èmfasi

References
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