antiptose

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)

Ancient Greek πῑ́πτω (pī́ptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek -ωσῐς (-ōsĭs)

Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis)

Ancient Greek ἀντίπτωσις (antíptōsis)lbor.

Portuguese antiptose

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίπτωσις (antíptōsis).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.piˈtɔ.zi/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈptɔ.zi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.tiˈptɔ.zɨ/

Noun

antiptose f (plural antiptoses)

1. (grammar, rhetoric) antiptosis (substitution of one grammatical case for another)

Further reading

• “antiptose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “antiptose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026