ἀκροποσθία

See also: ακροποσθία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀκροποσθῐ́η (akroposthĭ́ē) — Ionic
• ἀκροπόσθῐον (akropósthĭon)

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, topmost”) +‎ ποσθῐ́ᾱ (posthĭ́ā, “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 • (akroposthĭ́ā) 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 akroposthĭ́ā	τὼ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akroposthĭ́ā	αἱ ἀκροποσθῐ́αι hai akroposthĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς tês akroposthĭ́ās	τοῖν ἀκροποσθῐ́αιν toîn akroposthĭ́ain	τῶν ἀκροποσθῐῶν tôn akroposthĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾳ têi akroposthĭ́āi	τοῖν ἀκροποσθῐ́αιν toîn akroposthĭ́ain	ταῖς ἀκροποσθῐ́αις taîs akroposthĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱν tḕn akroposthĭ́ān	τὼ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akroposthĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς tā̀s akroposthĭ́ās
Vocative	ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ akroposthĭ́ā	ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ akroposthĭ́ā	ἀκροποσθῐ́αι akroposthĭ́ai
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 (2006–2025)