ἀντίπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀντι- (anti-) +‎ πούς (poús)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.puːs/ → /anˈti.pus/ → /anˈdi.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.pus/

Adjective

ἀντίπους • (antípous) m or f (neuter ἀντίπουν); third declension

1. with the feet opposite
2. (nominalized, masculine plural) the antipodes

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓ντῐ́πους; ᾰ̓ντῐ́πουν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́πους antípous	ᾰ̓ντῐ́πουν antípoun		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε antípode	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε antípode		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδες antípodes	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰ antípoda
Genitive		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδος antípodos	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδος antípodos		ᾰ̓ντῐπόδοιν antipódoin	ᾰ̓ντῐπόδοιν antipódoin		ᾰ̓ντῐπόδων antipódōn	ᾰ̓ντῐπόδων antipódōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδῐ antípodi	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδῐ antípodi		ᾰ̓ντῐπόδοιν antipódoin	ᾰ̓ντῐπόδοιν antipódoin		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποσῐν antíposi(n)	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποσῐν antíposi(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰ antípoda	ᾰ̓ντῐ́πουν antípoun		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε antípode	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε antípode		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰς antípodas	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰ antípoda
Vocative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́πους antípous	ᾰ̓ντῐ́πουν antípoun		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε antípode	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε antípode		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδες antípodes	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰ antípoda
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: antipodes
  • → English: antipous, antipodes
  • → French: antipode (learned)
  • → German: Antipode
  • → Italian: antipode (learned)
  • → Polish: antypody
  • → Portuguese: antípoda (learned)
  • → Spanish: antípoda (learned)

Further reading

• ἀντίπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίπους in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀντίπους”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀντίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press