ἀποτροπή
See also: αποτροπή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀποτρέπω (apotrépō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.po.tro.pɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.po.troˈpe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.po.troˈpi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.po.troˈpi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.po.troˈpi/
Noun
ᾰ̓ποτροπή • (apotropḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποτροπῆς); first declension
- deterrence, dissuasion
- prevention
Declension
First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποτροπή; τῆς ᾰ̓ποτροπῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ποτροπή hē apotropḗ | τὼ ᾰ̓ποτροπᾱ́ tṑ apotropā́ | αἱ ᾰ̓ποτροπαί hai apotropaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ποτροπῆς tês apotropês | τοῖν ᾰ̓ποτροπαῖν toîn apotropaîn | τῶν ᾰ̓ποτροπῶν tôn apotropôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ποτροπῇ têi apotropêi | τοῖν ᾰ̓ποτροπαῖν toîn apotropaîn | ταῖς ᾰ̓ποτροπαῖς taîs apotropaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ποτροπήν tḕn apotropḗn | τὼ ᾰ̓ποτροπᾱ́ tṑ apotropā́ | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποτροπᾱ́ς tā̀s apotropā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ποτροπή apotropḗ | ᾰ̓ποτροπᾱ́ apotropā́ | ᾰ̓ποτροπαί apotropaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αποτροπή (apotropí)
Further reading
- “ἀποτροπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀποτροπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀποτροπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀποτροπή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- averting idem, page 55.
- deterrent idem, page 219.
- deterring idem, page 219.
- discouragement idem, page 231.
- dissuasion idem, page 240.
- diversion idem, page 243.
- prevention idem, page 639.