ἀπο-
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ᾰ̓π- (ăp-) — before a vowel without rough breathing
- ᾰ̓φ- (ăph-) — before a vowel with rough breathing
Etymology
[edit]From ᾰ̓πό (ăpó), used as a prefix.
Prefix
[edit]ᾰ̓πο- • (ăpo-)
- Indicating movement: away, from, off
- ᾰ̓ποβαίνω (ăpobaínō, “step off”)
- Indicating breaking one part from another: un-, asunder, apart, off
- ᾰ̓ποτέμνω (ăpotémnō, “cut off”)
- Indicating ending or finishing, or almost like the negative ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”), especially in adjectives
- back, again
- ᾰ̓ποδῐ́δωμῐ (ăpodĭ́dōmĭ, “give back”)
- Simply emphasizing the meaning of the verb
- because of, owing to
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Greek: απο- (apo-)
References
[edit]- “ἀπό”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press