ἄποψις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.pop.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.pop.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pop.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pop.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.pop.sis/
Noun
ᾰ̓́ποψῐς • (ắpopsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓́ποψεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́ποψῐς hē ắpopsĭs |
τὼ ᾰ̓πόψει tṑ ăpópsei |
αἱ ᾰ̓πόψεις hai ăpópseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓πόψεως tês ăpópseōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποψέοιν toîn ăpopséoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓πόψεων tôn ăpópseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓πόψει tēî ăpópsei |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποψέοιν toîn ăpopséoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓πόψεσῐ / ᾰ̓πόψεσῐν taîs ăpópsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́ποψῐν tḕn ắpopsĭn |
τὼ ᾰ̓πόψει tṑ ăpópsei |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πόψεις tā̀s ăpópseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́ποψῐ ắpopsĭ |
ᾰ̓πόψει ăpópsei |
ᾰ̓πόψεις ăpópseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: άποψη (ápopsi)
Further reading
- “ἄποψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄποψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette