ἀπόδρασις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓πόδρησῐς (ăpódrēsĭs) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἀποδῐδρᾱ́σκω (apodĭdrā́skō, “I escape from”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + διδράσκω (didráskō, “I run away, escape”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.draː.sis/ → /aˈpo.ðra.sis/ → /aˈpo.ðra.sis/

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

Noun

ἀπόδρᾱσῐς • (apódrāsĭs) f (genitive ἀποδρᾱ́σεως); third declension

1. escape, evasion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀπόδρᾱσῐς; τῆς ἀποδρᾱ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπόδρᾱσῐς hē apódrāsĭs	τὼ ἀποδρᾱ́σει tṑ apodrā́sei	αἱ ἀποδρᾱ́σεις hai apodrā́seis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποδρᾱ́σεως tês apodrā́seōs	τοῖν ἀποδρᾱσέοιν toîn apodrāséoin	τῶν ἀποδρᾱ́σεων tôn apodrā́seōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποδρᾱ́σει têi apodrā́sei	τοῖν ἀποδρᾱσέοιν toîn apodrāséoin	ταῖς ἀποδρᾱ́σεσῐ / ἀποδρᾱ́σεσῐν taîs apodrā́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπόδρᾱσῐν tḕn apódrāsĭn	τὼ ἀποδρᾱ́σει tṑ apodrā́sei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποδρᾱ́σεις tā̀s apodrā́seis
Vocative	ἀπόδρᾱσῐ apódrāsĭ	ἀποδρᾱ́σει apodrā́sei	ἀποδρᾱ́σεις apodrā́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀπόδρασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπόδρασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπόδρασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόδρασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • avoidance of idem, page 55.
  • shirking idem, page 766.