ἀπόφυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποφύω (apophúō, “to send out branches”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀπόφῠσῐς • (apóphŭsĭs) f (genitive ἀποφῠ́σεως); third declension

  1. (botany) side-shoot, sprout
  2. (anatomy) apophysis, protuberance of a bone
  3. (anatomy) branch of an artery or nerve
  4. (architecture) member connecting shaft and base of a column

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀπόφῠσῐς; τῆς ἀποφῠ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀπόφῠσῐς
hē apóphŭsĭs 		τὼ ἀποφῠ́σει
tṑ apophŭ́sei 		αἱ ἀποφῠ́σεις
hai apophŭ́seis
Genitive τῆς ἀποφῠ́σεως
tês apophŭ́seōs 		τοῖν ἀποφῠσέοιν
toîn apophŭséoin 		τῶν ἀποφῠ́σεων
tôn apophŭ́seōn
Dative τῇ ἀποφῠ́σει
tēî apophŭ́sei 		τοῖν ἀποφῠσέοιν
toîn apophŭséoin 		ταῖς ἀποφῠ́σεσῐ / ἀποφῠ́σεσῐν
taîs apophŭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀπόφῠσῐν
tḕn apóphŭsĭn 		τὼ ἀποφῠ́σει
tṑ apophŭ́sei 		τᾱ̀ς ἀποφῠ́σεις
tā̀s apophŭ́seis
Vocative ἀπόφῠσῐ
apóphŭsĭ 		ἀποφῠ́σει
apophŭ́sei 		ἀποφῠ́σεις
apophŭ́seis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: απόφυση (apófysi)
  • → Latin: apophysis

Further reading

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