ἀκροποσθία

See also: ακροποσθία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀκροποσθῐ́η (akroposthĭ́ē) — Ionic
  • ἀκροπόσθῐον (akropósthĭon)

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, topmost”) +‎ ποσθῐ́ᾱ (posthĭ́ā, “foreskin”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ • (akroposthĭ́ā) f (genitive ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (anatomy) akroposthion, the tip of the foreskin

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ
hē akroposthĭ́ā 		τὼ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ
tṑ akroposthĭ́ā 		αἱ ἀκροποσθῐ́αι
hai akroposthĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς
tês akroposthĭ́ās 		τοῖν ἀκροποσθῐ́αιν
toîn akroposthĭ́ain 		τῶν ἀκροποσθῐῶν
tôn akroposthĭôn
Dative τῇ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾳ
tēî akroposthĭ́āi 		τοῖν ἀκροποσθῐ́αιν
toîn akroposthĭ́ain 		ταῖς ἀκροποσθῐ́αις
taîs akroposthĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱν
tḕn akroposthĭ́ān 		τὼ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ
tṑ akroposthĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s akroposthĭ́ās
Vocative ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ
akroposthĭ́ā 		ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ
akroposthĭ́ā 		ἀκροποσθῐ́αι
akroposthĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: akroposthion
  • Greek: ακροποσθία (akroposthía)

Further reading

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