άλωση

See also: Άλωση

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλωσις (hálōsis, “capture, conquest”), from the verb ἁλίσκομαι (halískomai, “to be conquered, captured”).

Noun

άλωση • (álosi) f (plural αλώσεις)

  1. fall, capture
  2. (with capital) η Άλωση: the fall of Constantinople in 1453

Declension
declension of άλωση
case     \     number singular plural
nominative άλωση • αλώσεις •
genitive άλωσης • αλώσεων •
accusative άλωση • αλώσεις •
vocative άλωση • αλώσεις •
Older or formal genitive singular: αλώσεως •

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