apocalypsis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Hellenic *apó

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó)

Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-)

Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalúptō)

Ancient Greek ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐς (ăpokắlŭpsĭs)der.

Latin apocalypsis

From Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) and καλύπτω (kalúptō, “cover”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.pɔ.kaˈlyp.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.po.kaˈlip.sis]

Noun

apocalypsis f (genitive apocalypsis or apocalypseōs or apocalypsios); third declension

1. revelation, disclosing

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	apocalypsis	apocalypsēs apocalypseis
genitive	apocalypsis apocalypseōs apocalypsios	apocalypsium
dative	apocalypsī	apocalypsibus
accusative	apocalypsim apocalypsin apocalypsem1	apocalypsēs apocalypsīs
ablative	apocalypsī apocalypse1	apocalypsibus
vocative	apocalypsis apocalypsi	apocalypsēs apocalypseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• Catalan: apocalipsi
• → Middle English: apocalips
  • English: apocalypse
• French: apocalypse
• Hungarian: apokalipszis
• Irish: apacailipsis
• Galician: apocalipse
• Italian: apocalisse
• Old Irish: abcolips
• Portuguese: apocalipse
• Romanian: apocalips
• Russian: апока́липсис (apokálipsis)
• Spanish: apocalipsis

References

• “apocalypsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "apocalypsis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “apocalypsis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.