ἀπόστασις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀποστασία (apostasía)

Etymology

Equivalent to ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to stand off”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, verbal noun suffix) or ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) +‎ στάσις (stásis, “standing, position”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pós.ta.sis/ → /aˈpos.ta.sis/ → /aˈpos.ta.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pós.ta.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.ta.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.ta.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.ta.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.ta.sis/

Noun

ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐς • (apóstasis) f (genitive ἀποστᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. departure
2. defection, revolt
3. distance
4. storehouse
5. (medicine) suppurative inflammation

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐς; τῆς ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐς hē apóstasis	τὼ ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σει tṑ apostásei	αἱ ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σεις hai apostáseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σεως tês apostáseōs	τοῖν ἀ̆ποστᾰσέοιν toîn apostaséoin	τῶν ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σεων tôn apostáseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σει têi apostásei	τοῖν ἀ̆ποστᾰσέοιν toîn apostaséoin	ταῖς ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σεσῐ / ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σεσῐν taîs apostásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐν tḕn apóstasin	τὼ ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σει tṑ apostásei	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σεις tā̀s apostáseis
Vocative	ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐ apóstasi	ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σει apostásei	ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σεις apostáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐς; τῆς ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐς hē apóstasis	τὼ ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐε tṑ apostásie	αἱ ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐες hai apostásies
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐος tês apostásios	τοῖν ἀ̆ποστᾰσῐ́οιν toîn apostasíoin	τῶν ἀ̆ποστᾰσῐ́ων tôn apostasíōn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῑ têi apostásī	τοῖν ἀ̆ποστᾰσῐ́οιν toîn apostasíoin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐσῐ / ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐσῐν têisi(n) apostásisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐν tḕn apóstasin	τὼ ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐε tṑ apostásie	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῑς / ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐᾰς tā̀s apostásīs / apostásias
Vocative	ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐ apóstasi	ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐε apostásie	ἀ̆ποστᾰ́σῐες apostásies
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• ἀποστασία (apostasía)
• ἀποστασίον (apostasíon)
• ἀποστατέον (apostatéon)
• ἀποστατέω (apostatéō)
• ἀποστάτης (apostátēs)
• ἀποστατικός (apostatikós)
• ἀποστάτις (apostátis)

 

References

• “ἀπόστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπόστασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἀπόστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers