πρίστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρίζω (prízō, “to saw”) +‎ -τις (-tis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πρῐ́στῐς • (prístis) f (genitive πρῐ́στεως); third declension

  1. Common sawfish (Pristis pristis, syn. Pristis antiquorum).
    1. Ship of war, from its shape of a sawfish.
    2. A kind of cup, from its shape of a sawfish.
    3. Ornamental part of a surgical machine.
    4. A stonemason's implement.

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πρῐ́στῐς; τῆς πρῐ́στεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πρῐ́στῐς
hē prístis		 τὼ πρῐ́στει
tṑ prístei		 αἱ πρῐ́στεις
hai prísteis
Genitive τῆς πρῐ́στεως
tês prísteōs		 τοῖν πρῐστέοιν
toîn pristéoin		 τῶν πρῐ́στεων
tôn prísteōn
Dative τῇ πρῐ́στει
têi prístei		 τοῖν πρῐστέοιν
toîn pristéoin		 ταῖς πρῐ́στεσῐ / πρῐ́στεσῐν
taîs prístesi(n)
Accusative τὴν πρῐ́στῐν
tḕn prístin		 τὼ πρῐ́στει
tṑ prístei		 τᾱ̀ς πρῐ́στεις
tā̀s prísteis
Vocative πρῐ́στῐ
prísti		 πρῐ́στει
prístei		 πρῐ́στεις
prísteis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: pristis
  • → Translingual: Pristis

References
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