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 • (ăpóbăsĭs) 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 ăpóbăsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σει tṑ ăpobắsei	αἱ ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεις hai ăpobắseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεως tês ăpobắseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποβᾰσέοιν toîn ăpobăséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεων tôn ăpobắseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σει têi ăpobắsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποβᾰσέοιν toîn ăpobăséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεσῐ / ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεσῐν taîs ăpobắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓πόβᾰσῐν tḕn ăpóbăsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σει tṑ ăpobắsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεις tā̀s ăpobắseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓πόβᾰσῐ ăpóbăsĭ	ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σει ăpobắsei	ᾰ̓ποβᾰ́σεις ăpobắseis
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 (2006–2025)