ἀπό

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Contents 1 Ancient Greek 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Preposition 1.4 Usage notes 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 References

[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Alternative spellings

• ἀπύ (Aeolic, Arcadocypriot)
• 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu) (Mycenaean)

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“‘off, away’”). Cognates include Sanskrit अप (ápa), “‘away, off’”), Latin ab (“‘from’”), Common Slavic *po, and Old English æf (English of).

[edit] Preposition

ἀπό (apo)

1. from, away from
2. because of, as a result of

[edit] Usage notes

ἀπό governs the genitive case. As is the case with most Greek prepositions, ἀπό is a versatile word which can take the idiom of a number of English words. To further complicate matters, in Koine Greek, the distinctions between various prepositions are often blurred, leading to ἀπό fulfilling functions classically reserved for words such as ἐκ, ὑπό, and παρά.

[edit] Derived terms

• ἀποκεφαλίζω
• ἀποθνῄσκω

[edit] References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong's concordance number: G575