εὐσχημοσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔσχημος (eúskhēmos, “elegant”) +‎ -σῠ́νη (-súnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯s.kʰɛː.mo.sý.nɛː/ → /eɸs.çi.moˈsy.ni/ → /efs.çi.moˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯s.kʰɛː.mo.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ews.kʰe̝.moˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸs.çi.moˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efs.çi.moˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efs.çi.moˈsi.ni/

Noun

εὐσχημοσῠ́νη • (euskhēmosúnē) f (genitive εὐσχημοσῠ́νης); first declension

1. gracefulness, elegance
2. proper treatment, adequate maintenance

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐσχημοσῠ́νη; τῆς εὐσχημοσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐσχημοσῠ́νη hē euskhēmosúnē	τὼ εὐσχημοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ euskhēmosúnā	αἱ εὐσχημοσῠ́ναι hai euskhēmosúnai
Genitive	τῆς εὐσχημοσῠ́νης tês euskhēmosúnēs	τοῖν εὐσχημοσῠ́ναιν toîn euskhēmosúnain	τῶν εὐσχημοσῠνῶν tôn euskhēmosunôn
Dative	τῇ εὐσχημοσῠ́νῃ têi euskhēmosúnēi	τοῖν εὐσχημοσῠ́ναιν toîn euskhēmosúnain	ταῖς εὐσχημοσῠ́ναις taîs euskhēmosúnais
Accusative	τὴν εὐσχημοσῠ́νην tḕn euskhēmosúnēn	τὼ εὐσχημοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ euskhēmosúnā	τᾱ̀ς εὐσχημοσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s euskhēmosúnās
Vocative	εὐσχημοσῠ́νη euskhēmosúnē	εὐσχημοσῠ́νᾱ euskhēmosúnā	εὐσχημοσῠ́ναι euskhēmosúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εὐσχημοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐσχημοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐσχημοσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette