ἀποστροφή
See also: αποστροφή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pos.tro.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pos.troˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.pos.troˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.pos.troˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.pos.troˈfi/
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ποστροφή hē apostrophḗ |
τὼ ᾰ̓ποστροφᾱ́ tṑ apostrophā́ |
αἱ ᾰ̓ποστροφαί hai apostrophaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ποστροφῆς tês apostrophês |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστροφαῖν toîn apostrophaîn |
τῶν ᾰ̓ποστροφῶν tôn apostrophôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ποστροφῇ têi apostrophêi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστροφαῖν toîn apostrophaîn |
ταῖς ᾰ̓ποστροφαῖς taîs apostrophaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ποστροφήν tḕn apostrophḗn |
τὼ ᾰ̓ποστροφᾱ́ tṑ apostrophā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποστροφᾱ́ς tā̀s apostrophā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ποστροφή apostrophḗ |
ᾰ̓ποστροφᾱ́ apostrophā́ |
ᾰ̓ποστροφαί apostrophaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → French: apostrophe
- Greek: αποστροφή (apostrofí)
Further reading
- “ἀποστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀποστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀποστροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀποστροφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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