ἀπο-
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ἀπ- (ap-) — before a vowel without rough breathing
- ἀφ- (aph-) — before a vowel with rough breathing
Etymology[edit]
From ἀπό (apó), used as a prefix.
Prefix[edit]
ἀπο- • (apo-)
- Indicating movement: away, from, off
- ἀποβαίνω (apobaínō, “step off”)
- Indicating breaking one part from another: un-, asunder, apart, off
- ἀποτέμνω (apotémnō, “cut off”)
- Indicating ending or finishing, or almost like the negative ἀ- (a-, “not”), especially in adjectives
- back, again
- ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi, “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