ἀπόδειξις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀπόδεξις (apódexis) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἀποδείκνῡμι (apodeíknūmi, “to show, display”) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.deːk.sis/ → /aˈpo.ðik.sis/ → /aˈpo.ðik.sis/

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

Noun

ἀπόδειξις • (apódeixis) f (genitive ἀπόδείξεως); third declension

1. setting, showing forth, publication
2. proof
3. demonstration, deduction

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀπόδειξῐς; τῆς ἀποδείξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπόδειξῐς hē apódeixĭs	τὼ ἀποδείξει tṑ apodeíxei	αἱ ἀποδείξεις hai apodeíxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποδείξεως tês apodeíxeōs	τοῖν ἀποδειξέοιν toîn apodeixéoin	τῶν ἀποδείξεων tôn apodeíxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποδείξει têi apodeíxei	τοῖν ἀποδειξέοιν toîn apodeixéoin	ταῖς ἀποδείξεσῐ / ἀποδείξεσῐν taîs apodeíxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπόδειξῐν tḕn apódeixĭn	τὼ ἀποδείξει tṑ apodeíxei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποδείξεις tā̀s apodeíxeis
Vocative	ἀπόδειξῐ apódeixĭ	ἀποδείξει apodeíxei	ἀποδείξεις apodeíxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: απόδειξη (apódeixi)
• → Latin: apodīxis
  • → English: apodixis
  • → French: apodixe
  • → Italian: apodissi
  • → Portuguese: apodixis
• → Italian: polizza
  • → Catalan: pòlissa
  • → German: Polizze
  • → Spanish: póliza
  • → Polish: polisa
  • → Portuguese: apólice
  • → French: police
    • → English: policy
    • → Dutch: polis
      • → Indonesian: polis
    • → German: Police
    • → Danish: police
  • → Turkish: poliçe

References

• “ἀπόδειξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press