apogeus

Latin

Alternative forms

• apogaeus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειος (apógeios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.poˈɡeː.us/, [äpɔˈɡeːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.poˈd͡ʒe.us/, [äpoˈd͡ʒɛːus]

Adjective

apogēus (feminine apogēa, neuter apogēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (blowing) from the land

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	apogēus	apogēa	apogēum		apogēī	apogēae	apogēa
Genitive	apogēī	apogēae	apogēī		apogēōrum	apogēārum	apogēōrum
Dative	apogēō		apogēō		apogēīs
Accusative	apogēum	apogēam	apogēum		apogēōs	apogēās	apogēa
Ablative	apogēō	apogēā	apogēō		apogēīs
Vocative	apogēe	apogēa	apogēum		apogēī	apogēae	apogēa

Related terms

• apogaeum

References

• “apogeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apogeus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• apogeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.poˈʒews/ [a.poˈʒeʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.poˈʒews/ [a.poˈʒeʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.poˈʒewʃ/ [a.poˈʒeʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.puˈʒewʃ/, /ɐ.pɔˈʒewʃ/

• Hyphenation: a‧po‧geus

Noun

apogeus

1. plural of apogeu