ἔγκλισις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκλίνω (enklínō, “to incline”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.kli.sis/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡli.sis/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡli.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.kli.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.kli.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡli.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡli.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡli.sis/

Noun

ἔγκλῐσῐς • (énklĭsĭs) f (genitive ἐγκλῐ́σεως); third declension

1. inclination; slope
2. defeat, failure
3. (medicine) displacement
4. (grammar) mood of a verb
5. (grammar) throwing back of the accent or change of acute accent to grave accent^[1]
6. (grammar, generally) inflection of derivative forms

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔγκλῐσῐς hē énklĭsĭs	τὼ ἐγκλῐ́σει tṑ enklĭ́sei	αἱ ἐγκλῐ́σεις hai enklĭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς ἐγκλῐ́σεως tês enklĭ́seōs	τοῖν ἐγκλῐσέοιν toîn enklĭséoin	τῶν ἐγκλῐ́σεων tôn enklĭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ ἐγκλῐ́σει têi enklĭ́sei	τοῖν ἐγκλῐσέοιν toîn enklĭséoin	ταῖς ἐγκλῐ́σεσῐ / ἐγκλῐ́σεσῐν taîs enklĭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔγκλῐσῐν tḕn énklĭsĭn	τὼ ἐγκλῐ́σει tṑ enklĭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς ἐγκλῐ́σεις tā̀s enklĭ́seis
Vocative	ἔγκλῐσῐ énklĭsĭ	ἐγκλῐ́σει enklĭ́sei	ἐγκλῐ́σεις enklĭ́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ἔγκλῐσῐς; τῆς ἐγκλῐ́σεως (Attic)

Related terms

• ἐγκλῐτῐκός (enklĭtĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: έγκλιση (égklisi)
• → Latin: enclisis (see there for further descendants)

References

1. The enclitics of Ancient Greek in Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 181-186

Further reading

• “ἔγκλισις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔγκλισις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔγκλισις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)