ἀντιστροφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀντιστρέφω (antistréphō) +‎ -ή (-ḗ) and/or ἀντι- (anti-) +‎ στροφή (strophḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tis.tro.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /an.tis.troˈɸi/ → /an.dis.troˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tis.tro.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tis.troˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.tis.troˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.tis.troˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.dis.troˈfi/

Noun

ἀντιστροφή • (antistrophḗ) f (genitive ἀντιστροφῆς); first declension

1. turning about
2. (drama) antistrophe

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀντιστροφή; τῆς ἀντιστροφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀντιστροφή hē antistrophḗ	τὼ ἀντιστροφᾱ́ tṑ antistrophā́	αἱ ἀντιστροφαί hai antistrophaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀντιστροφῆς tês antistrophês	τοῖν ἀντιστροφαῖν toîn antistrophaîn	τῶν ἀντιστροφῶν tôn antistrophôn
Dative	τῇ ἀντιστροφῇ têi antistrophêi	τοῖν ἀντιστροφαῖν toîn antistrophaîn	ταῖς ἀντιστροφαῖς taîs antistrophaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀντιστροφήν tḕn antistrophḗn	τὼ ἀντιστροφᾱ́ tṑ antistrophā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀντιστροφᾱ́ς tā̀s antistrophā́s
Vocative	ἀντιστροφή antistrophḗ	ἀντιστροφᾱ́ antistrophā́	ἀντιστροφαί antistrophaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀντίστροφος (antístrophos)

Descendants

• → Latin: antistrophē
  • → English: antistrophe
  • French: antistrophe
  • Italian: antistrofe
  • Portuguese: antístrofe
  • Spanish: antistrofa

Further reading

• ἀντιστροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντιστροφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀντιστροφή in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἀντιστροφή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀντιστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press