ἀποτροπή

See also: αποτροπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποτρέπω (apotrépō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.tro.pɛ̌ː/ → /a.po.troˈpi/ → /a.po.troˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.tro.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.po.troˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.po.troˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.po.troˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.po.troˈpi/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποτροπή • (apotropḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποτροπῆς); first declension

1. deterrence, dissuasion
2. prevention

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποτροπή; τῆς ᾰ̓ποτροπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ποτροπή hē apotropḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓ποτροπᾱ́ tṑ apotropā́	αἱ ᾰ̓ποτροπαί hai apotropaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποτροπῆς tês apotropês	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποτροπαῖν toîn apotropaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓ποτροπῶν tôn apotropôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποτροπῇ têi apotropêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποτροπαῖν toîn apotropaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποτροπαῖς taîs apotropaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ποτροπήν tḕn apotropḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓ποτροπᾱ́ tṑ apotropā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποτροπᾱ́ς tā̀s apotropā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποτροπή apotropḗ	ᾰ̓ποτροπᾱ́ apotropā́	ᾰ̓ποτροπαί apotropaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αποτροπή (apotropí)

Further reading

• “ἀποτροπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀποτροπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀποτροπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀποτροπή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • averting idem, page 55.
  • deterrent idem, page 219.
  • deterring idem, page 219.
  • discouragement idem, page 231.
  • dissuasion idem, page 240.
  • diversion idem, page 243.
  • prevention idem, page 639.