ἀπόβασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀποβαίνω (apobaínō) +‎ -σις (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.ba.sis/ → /aˈpo.βa.sis/ → /aˈpo.va.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.ba.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ba.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.βa.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.va.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.va.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓πόβᾰσῐς • (apóbasis) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. stepping off, disembarking, landing
2. landing place
3. way off

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓πόβᾰσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓πόβᾰσῐς hē apóbasis	τὼ ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σει tṑ apobásei	αἱ ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεις hai apobáseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεως tês apobáseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποβᾰσέοιν toîn apobaséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεων tôn apobáseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σει têi apobásei	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποβᾰσέοιν toîn apobaséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεσῐν taîs apobásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓πόβᾰσῐν tḕn apóbasin	τὼ ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σει tṑ apobásei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεις tā̀s apobáseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓πόβᾰσῐ apóbasi	ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σει apobásei	ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεις apobáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀπόβασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπόβασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπόβασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)