ἄψορρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄψ (áps, “back, back again”) plus an uncertain verbal root, possibly Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move”) (compare ὄρνῡμι (órnūmi)) or *h₁ers- (“to flow”) (compare Latin errō (“to wander, get lost”) and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan, “to mislead”)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /áp.sor̥.r̥os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈap.sor.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈap.sor.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈap.sor.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈap.so.ros/
Adjective
ἄψορρος • (ápsorrhos) m or f (neuter ἄψορρον); second declension
- going back, returning
Declension
Second declension of ἄψορρος; ἄψορρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄψορρος ápsorrhos | ἄψορρον ápsorrhon | ἀψόρρω apsórrhō | ἀψόρρω apsórrhō | ἄψορροι ápsorrhoi | ἄψορρᾰ ápsorrha | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀψόρρου apsórrhou | ἀψόρρου apsórrhou | ἀψόρροιν apsórrhoin | ἀψόρροιν apsórrhoin | ἀψόρρων apsórrhōn | ἀψόρρων apsórrhōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀψόρρῳ apsórrhōi | ἀψόρρῳ apsórrhōi | ἀψόρροιν apsórrhoin | ἀψόρροιν apsórrhoin | ἀψόρροις apsórrhois | ἀψόρροις apsórrhois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄψορρον ápsorrhon | ἄψορρον ápsorrhon | ἀψόρρω apsórrhō | ἀψόρρω apsórrhō | ἀψόρρους apsórrhous | ἄψορρᾰ ápsorrha | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄψορρε ápsorrhe | ἄψορρον ápsorrhon | ἀψόρρω apsórrhō | ἀψόρρω apsórrhō | ἄψορροι ápsorrhoi | ἄψορρᾰ ápsorrha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀψόρρως apsórrhōs | ἀψορρότερος apsorrhóteros | ἀψορρότᾰτος apsorrhótatos | ||||||||||||
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See also
- ἀψόρροος (apsórrhoos)
Further reading
- “ἄψορρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄψορρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄψορρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄψορρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἄψορρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- back idem, page 57.
- receding idem, page 678.
- retiring idem, page 707.
- retrograde idem, page 708.
- returning idem, page 708.