ἀπόγειος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀπόγαιος (apógaios)
Etymology
From ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pó.ɡeː.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ɡi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ʝi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ʝi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ʝi.os/
Adjective
ᾰ̓πόγειος • (ăpógeios) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓πόγειον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓πόγειος ăpógeios |
ᾰ̓πόγειον ăpógeion |
ᾰ̓πογείω ăpogeíō |
ᾰ̓πογείω ăpogeíō |
ᾰ̓πόγειοι ăpógeioi |
ᾰ̓πόγειᾰ ăpógeiă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓πογείου ăpogeíou |
ᾰ̓πογείου ăpogeíou |
ᾰ̓πογείοιν ăpogeíoin |
ᾰ̓πογείοιν ăpogeíoin |
ᾰ̓πογείων ăpogeíōn |
ᾰ̓πογείων ăpogeíōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓πογείῳ ăpogeíōi |
ᾰ̓πογείῳ ăpogeíōi |
ᾰ̓πογείοιν ăpogeíoin |
ᾰ̓πογείοιν ăpogeíoin |
ᾰ̓πογείοις ăpogeíois |
ᾰ̓πογείοις ăpogeíois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓πόγειον ăpógeion |
ᾰ̓πόγειον ăpógeion |
ᾰ̓πογείω ăpogeíō |
ᾰ̓πογείω ăpogeíō |
ᾰ̓πογείους ăpogeíous |
ᾰ̓πόγειᾰ ăpógeiă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓πόγειε ăpógeie |
ᾰ̓πόγειον ăpógeion |
ᾰ̓πογείω ăpogeíō |
ᾰ̓πογείω ăpogeíō |
ᾰ̓πόγειοι ăpógeioi |
ᾰ̓πόγειᾰ ăpógeiă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓πογείως ăpogeíōs |
ᾰ̓πογειότερος ăpogeióteros |
ᾰ̓πογειότᾰτος ăpogeiótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓πόγειον (ăpógeion)
Descendants
- → Latin: apogēus (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “ἀπόγειος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀπόγειος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπόγειος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)