ἄσκησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσκέω (askéō, “I train”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.kɛː.sis/ → /ˈas.ci.sis/ → /ˈas.ci.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.kɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ke̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.sis/

Noun

ἄσκησις • (áskēsis) f (genitive ἀσκήσεως); third declension

1. exercise, training, practice

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἄσκησῐς; τῆς ἀσκήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄσκησῐς hē áskēsis	τὼ ἀσκήσει tṑ askḗsei	αἱ ἀσκήσεις hai askḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀσκήσεως tês askḗseōs	τοῖν ἀσκησέοιν toîn askēséoin	τῶν ἀσκήσεων tôn askḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀσκήσει têi askḗsei	τοῖν ἀσκησέοιν toîn askēséoin	ταῖς ἀσκήσεσῐ / ἀσκήσεσῐν taîs askḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἄσκησῐν tḕn áskēsin	τὼ ἀσκήσει tṑ askḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀσκήσεις tā̀s askḗseis
Vocative	ἄσκησῐ áskēsi	ἀσκήσει askḗsei	ἀσκήσεις askḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: ascesis
• French: ascèse
• Greek: άσκηση (áskisi)
• Latin: ascesis
• Polish: asceza

Further reading

• “ἄσκησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄσκησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄσκησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄσκησις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cultivation idem, page 189.
  • exercise idem, page 291.
  • manœuvre idem, page 513.
  • observance idem, page 567.
  • practice idem, page 631.
  • pursuit idem, page 659.
  • study idem, page 829.
  • training idem, page 887.