ἀντίπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀντι- (anti-) +‎ πούς (poús)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.puːs/ → /anˈti.pus/ → /anˈdi.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.pus/

Adjective

ἀντίπους • (antípous) m or f (neuter ἀντίπουν); third declension

1. with the feet opposite
2. (nominalized, masculine plural) the antipodes

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓ντῐ́πους; ᾰ̓ντῐ́πουν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́πους ăntĭ́pous	ᾰ̓ντῐ́πουν ăntĭ́poun		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε ăntĭ́pode	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε ăntĭ́pode		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδες ăntĭ́podes	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰ ăntĭ́podă
Genitive		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδος ăntĭ́podos	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδος ăntĭ́podos		ᾰ̓ντῐπόδοιν ăntĭpódoin	ᾰ̓ντῐπόδοιν ăntĭpódoin		ᾰ̓ντῐπόδων ăntĭpódōn	ᾰ̓ντῐπόδων ăntĭpódōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδῐ ăntĭ́podĭ	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδῐ ăntĭ́podĭ		ᾰ̓ντῐπόδοιν ăntĭpódoin	ᾰ̓ντῐπόδοιν ăntĭpódoin		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποσῐν ăntĭ́posĭ(n)	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποσῐν ăntĭ́posĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰ ăntĭ́podă	ᾰ̓ντῐ́πουν ăntĭ́poun		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε ăntĭ́pode	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε ăntĭ́pode		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰς ăntĭ́podăs	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰ ăntĭ́podă
Vocative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́πους ăntĭ́pous	ᾰ̓ντῐ́πουν ăntĭ́poun		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε ăntĭ́pode	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδε ăntĭ́pode		ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδες ăntĭ́podes	ᾰ̓ντῐ́ποδᾰ ăntĭ́podă
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: antipodes
  • → English: antipous, antipodes
  • → French: antipode (learned)
  • → German: Antipode
  • → Italian: antipode (learned)
  • → Polish: antypody
  • → Portuguese: antípoda (learned)
  • → Spanish: antípoda (learned)

Further reading

• ἀντίπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίπους in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀντίπους, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀντίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press