ἄποψις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.pop.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.pop.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pop.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.pop.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.pop.sis/
Noun
ᾰ̓́ποψῐς • (ápopsis) f (genitive ᾰ̓́ποψεως); third declension
- outlook, view
- that on which one looks, view, prospect
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́ποψῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓πόψεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́ποψῐς hē ápopsis | τὼ ᾰ̓πόψει tṑ apópsei | αἱ ᾰ̓πόψεις hai apópseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓πόψεως tês apópseōs | τοῖν ᾰ̓ποψέοιν toîn apopséoin | τῶν ᾰ̓πόψεων tôn apópseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓πόψει têi apópsei | τοῖν ᾰ̓ποψέοιν toîn apopséoin | ταῖς ᾰ̓πόψεσῐ / ᾰ̓πόψεσῐν taîs apópsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́ποψῐν tḕn ápopsin | τὼ ᾰ̓πόψει tṑ apópsei | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πόψεις tā̀s apópseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́ποψῐ ápopsi | ᾰ̓πόψει apópsei | ᾰ̓πόψεις apópseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: άποψη (ápopsi)
Further reading
- “ἄποψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄποψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette