ἀπότασις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀποτείνω (apoteínō, “to stretch out, extend”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pó.ta.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ta.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ta.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ta.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ta.sis/
Noun
ἀπότᾰσῐς • (apótăsĭs) f (genitive ἀποτᾰ́σεως); third declension
- lengthening, prolongation
- stretching out
- distension (of the breast)
- reference
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀπότᾰσῐς hē apótăsĭs |
τὼ ἀποτᾰ́σει tṑ apotắsei |
αἱ ἀποτᾰ́σεις hai apotắseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀποτᾰ́σεως tês apotắseōs |
τοῖν ἀποτᾰσέοιν toîn apotăséoin |
τῶν ἀποτᾰ́σεων tôn apotắseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀποτᾰ́σει tēî apotắsei |
τοῖν ἀποτᾰσέοιν toîn apotăséoin |
ταῖς ἀποτᾰ́σεσῐ / ἀποτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs apotắsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀπότᾰσῐν tḕn apótăsĭn |
τὼ ἀποτᾰ́σει tṑ apotắsei |
τᾱ̀ς ἀποτᾰ́σεις tā̀s apotắseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀπότᾰσῐ apótăsĭ |
ἀποτᾰ́σει apotắsei |
ἀποτᾰ́σεις apotắseis | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἀπότασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀπότασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπότασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)