θλῖψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θλίβω (thlíbō, “to press”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰlîːp.sis/ → /ˈθlip.sis/ → /ˈθlip.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰlîːp.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰlip.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθlip.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθlip.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθlip.sis/

Noun

θλῖψῐς • (thlîpsis) f (genitive θλῑ́ψεως); third declension

1. pressure
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 4.4.5
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 9.4.2
   1. (figuratively) oppression, affliction
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 35.3
      • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 14:22

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θλῖψῐς; τῆς θλῑ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θλῖψῐς hē thlîpsis	τὼ θλῑ́ψει tṑ thlī́psei	αἱ θλῑ́ψεις hai thlī́pseis
Genitive	τῆς θλῑ́ψεως tês thlī́pseōs	τοῖν θλῑψέοιν toîn thlīpséoin	τῶν θλῑ́ψεων tôn thlī́pseōn
Dative	τῇ θλῑ́ψει têi thlī́psei	τοῖν θλῑψέοιν toîn thlīpséoin	ταῖς θλῑ́ψεσῐ / θλῑ́ψεσῐν taîs thlī́psesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν θλῖψῐν tḕn thlîpsin	τὼ θλῑ́ψει tṑ thlī́psei	τᾱ̀ς θλῑ́ψεις tā̀s thlī́pseis
Vocative	θλῖψῐ thlîpsi	θλῑ́ψει thlī́psei	θλῑ́ψεις thlī́pseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θλίψη f (thlípsi, “sadness, sorrow, grief”)

References

• “θλῖψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θλῖψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2347 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible