ἀπότασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποτείνω (apoteínō, “to stretch out, extend”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ἀπότᾰσῐς • (apótăsĭs) f (genitive ἀποτᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. lengthening, prolongation
2. stretching out
3. distension (of the breast)
4. reference

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀπότᾰσῐς; τῆς ἀποτᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπότᾰσῐς hē apótăsĭs	τὼ ἀποτᾰ́σει tṑ apotắsei	αἱ ἀποτᾰ́σεις hai apotắseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποτᾰ́σεως tês apotắseōs	τοῖν ἀποτᾰσέοιν toîn apotăséoin	τῶν ἀποτᾰ́σεων tôn apotắseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποτᾰ́σει têi apotắsei	τοῖν ἀποτᾰσέοιν toîn apotăséoin	ταῖς ἀποτᾰ́σεσῐ / ἀποτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs apotắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπότᾰσῐν tḕn apótăsĭn	τὼ ἀποτᾰ́σει tṑ apotắsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποτᾰ́σεις tā̀s apotắseis
Vocative	ἀπότᾰσῐ apótăsĭ	ἀποτᾰ́σει apotắsei	ἀποτᾰ́σεις apotắseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀπότασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπότασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπότασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)