ἀπόστροφος

See also: απόστροφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “turn away”, from ἀπο- (apo-) +‎ στρέφω (stréphō)) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pós.tro.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.fos/

Adjective

ἀπόστροφος • (apóstrophos) m or f (neuter ἀπόστροφον); second declension

turned away
(Byzantine) repulsive, horrible

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓πόστροφος; ᾰ̓πόστροφον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓πόστροφος ăpóstrophos	ᾰ̓πόστροφον ăpóstrophon	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓πόστροφοι ăpóstrophoi	ᾰ̓πόστροφᾰ ăpóstrophă
Genitive	ᾰ̓ποστρόφου ăpostróphou	ᾰ̓ποστρόφου ăpostróphou	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοιν ăpostróphoin	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοιν ăpostróphoin	ᾰ̓ποστρόφων ăpostróphōn	ᾰ̓ποστρόφων ăpostróphōn
Dative	ᾰ̓ποστρόφῳ ăpostróphōi	ᾰ̓ποστρόφῳ ăpostróphōi	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοιν ăpostróphoin	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοιν ăpostróphoin	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοις ăpostróphois	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοις ăpostróphois
Accusative	ᾰ̓πόστροφον ăpóstrophon	ᾰ̓πόστροφον ăpóstrophon	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓ποστρόφους ăpostróphous	ᾰ̓πόστροφᾰ ăpóstrophă
Vocative	ᾰ̓πόστροφε ăpóstrophe	ᾰ̓πόστροφον ăpóstrophon	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓πόστροφοι ăpóstrophoi	ᾰ̓πόστροφᾰ ăpóstrophă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓ποστρόφως ăpostróphōs		ᾰ̓ποστροφώτερος ăpostrophṓteros		ᾰ̓ποστροφώτᾰτος ăpostrophṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: απόστροφος (apóstrofos) (learned)
→ Old Armenian: ապաթարց (apatʻarcʻ) (calque)
- Armenian: ապաթարց (apatʻarcʻ)
→ Bulgarian: апостро́ф (apostróf)
→ Latin: apostrophus (see there for further descendants)
→ Ukrainian: апостро́ф (apostróf)

ἀπόστροφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀπόστροφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
ἀπόστροφος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
“ἀπόστροφος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“ἀπόστροφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- averted idem, page 55.
- diverted idem, page 243.