ἀπότασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποτείνω (apoteínō, “to stretch out, extend”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.ta.sis/ → /aˈpo.ta.sis/ → /aˈpo.ta.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.ta.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ta.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ta.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ta.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ta.sis/

Noun

ἀπότᾰσῐς • (apótasis) f (genitive ἀποτᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. lengthening, prolongation
2. stretching out
3. distension (of the breast)
4. reference

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀπότᾰσῐς; τῆς ἀποτᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπότᾰσῐς hē apótasis	τὼ ἀποτᾰ́σει tṑ apotásei	αἱ ἀποτᾰ́σεις hai apotáseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποτᾰ́σεως tês apotáseōs	τοῖν ἀποτᾰσέοιν toîn apotaséoin	τῶν ἀποτᾰ́σεων tôn apotáseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποτᾰ́σει têi apotásei	τοῖν ἀποτᾰσέοιν toîn apotaséoin	ταῖς ἀποτᾰ́σεσῐ / ἀποτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs apotásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπότᾰσῐν tḕn apótasin	τὼ ἀποτᾰ́σει tṑ apotásei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποτᾰ́σεις tā̀s apotáseis
Vocative	ἀπότᾰσῐ apótasi	ἀποτᾰ́σει apotásei	ἀποτᾰ́σεις apotáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)