diaeresis
From the Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (diaíresis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈae̯.re.sis/, [d̪iˈäe̯rɛs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈe.re.sis/, [d̪iˈɛːres̬is]
Noun
diaeresis f (genitive diaeresis or diaereseōs or diaeresios); third declension
- (grammar) diaeresis (division of a diphthong into two vowels in consecutive syllables) [ quotations ▼]
- (rhetoric) distribution
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tyrannius Rufinus to this entry?)
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | diaeresis | diaeresēs diaereseis |
| Genitive | diaeresis diaereseōs diaeresios |
diaeresium |
| Dative | diaeresī | diaeresibus |
| Accusative | diaeresim diaeresin diaeresem1 |
diaeresēs diaeresīs |
| Ablative | diaeresī diaerese1 |
diaeresibus |
| Vocative | diaeresis diaeresi |
diaeresēs diaereseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.