ἀκροποσθία

ἀκροποσθία

See also: ακροποσθία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀκροποσθῐ́η (akroposthíē) – Ionic
• ἀκροπόσθῐον (akropósthion)

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, topmost”) +‎ ποσθῐ́ᾱ (posthíā, “foreskin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kro.pos.tʰí.aː/ → /a.kro.posˈθi.a/ → /a.kro.posˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kro.pos.tʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kro.posˈtʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kro.posˈθi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kro.posˈθi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kro.posˈθi.a/

Noun

ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ • (akroposthíā) f (genitive ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (anatomy) akroposthion, the tip of the foreskin

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ hē akroposthíā	τὼ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akroposthíā	αἱ ἀκροποσθῐ́αι hai akroposthíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς tês akroposthíās	τοῖν ἀκροποσθῐ́αιν toîn akroposthíain	τῶν ἀκροποσθῐῶν tôn akroposthiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾳ têi akroposthíāi	ἀκροποσθῐ́αιν akroposthíain	ταῖς ἀκροποσθῐ́αις taîs akroposthíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱν tḕn akroposthíān	ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ akroposthíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς tā̀s akroposthíās
Vocative	ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ akroposthíā	ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ akroposthíā	ἀκροποσθῐ́αι akroposthíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: akroposthion
• Greek: ακροποσθία (akroposthía)

Further reading

• ἀκροποσθία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκροποσθία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκροποσθία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)