ἀποθέωσις

ἀποθέωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, “deify”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.tʰé.ɔː.sis/ → /a.poˈθe.o.sis/ → /a.poˈθe.o.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.tʰé.ɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.poˈtʰe.o.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈθe.o.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈθe.o.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.poˈθe.o.sis/

Noun

ἀποθέωσῐς • (apothéōsis) f (genitive ἀποθεώσεως); third declension

1. apotheosis, deification

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀποθέωσῐς; τῆς ἀποθεώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀποθέωσῐς hē apothéōsis	τὼ ἀποθεώσει tṑ apotheṓsei	αἱ ἀποθεώσεις hai apotheṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποθεώσεως tês apotheṓseōs	τοῖν ἀποθεωσέοιν toîn apotheōséoin	τῶν ἀποθεώσεων tôn apotheṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποθεώσει têi apotheṓsei	τοῖν ἀποθεωσέοιν toîn apotheōséoin	ταῖς ἀποθεώσεσῐ / ἀποθεώσεσῐν taîs apotheṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀποθέωσῐν tḕn apothéōsin	τὼ ἀποθεώσει tṑ apotheṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποθεώσεις tā̀s apotheṓseis
Vocative	ἀποθέωσῐ apothéōsi	ἀποθεώσει apotheṓsei	ἀποθεώσεις apotheṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis)

Descendants

• → German: Apotheose
• → English: apotheosis
• → Latin: apotheōsis (see there for further descendants)

References

• “ἀποθέωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀποθέωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers