dioecēsis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /di.oe̯ˈkeː.sis/, [d̪ioe̯ˈkeːs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.eˈt͡ʃe.sis/, [d̪ieˈt͡ʃɛːs̬is]
Noun
dioecēsis f (genitive dioecēsis or dioecēseōs or dioecēsios); third declension
- diocese [ quotations ▼]
Declension
Third declension noun (Greek type, i-stem, with some consonant-stem forms).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dioecēsis | dioecēsēs dioecēseis dioecēsies |
| Genitive | dioecēsis dioecēseōs dioecēsios |
dioecēseōn dioecēsiōn dioecēsium |
| Dative | dioecēsī dioecēsei |
dioecēsibus dioecēsesi |
| Accusative | dioecēsim dioecēsin dioecēsem1 |
dioecēsēs dioecēseis dioecēsīs dioecēsias |
| Ablative | dioecēsī dioecēsei |
dioecēsibus dioecēsesi |
| Vocative | dioecēsis dioecēsi |
dioecēsēs dioecēseis dioecēsies |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
- In older New Latin the genitive is also spelled with the Greek letter omega as dioecēseωs in the singular and dioecēseωn in the plural.