ἀπόφυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποφύω (apophúō, “to send out branches”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.pʰy.sis/ → /aˈpo.ɸy.sis/ → /aˈpo.fi.sis/

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

Noun

ἀπόφῠσῐς • (apóphusis) f (genitive ἀποφῠ́σεως); third declension

1. (botany) side-shoot, sprout
2. (anatomy) apophysis, protuberance of a bone
3. (anatomy) branch of an artery or nerve
4. (architecture) member connecting shaft and base of a column

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀπόφῠσῐς; τῆς ἀποφῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπόφῠσῐς hē apóphusis	τὼ ἀποφῠ́σει tṑ apophúsei	αἱ ἀποφῠ́σεις hai apophúseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποφῠ́σεως tês apophúseōs	τοῖν ἀποφῠσέοιν toîn apophuséoin	τῶν ἀποφῠ́σεων tôn apophúseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποφῠ́σει têi apophúsei	τοῖν ἀποφῠσέοιν toîn apophuséoin	ταῖς ἀποφῠ́σεσῐ / ἀποφῠ́σεσῐν taîs apophúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπόφῠσῐν tḕn apóphusin	τὼ ἀποφῠ́σει tṑ apophúsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποφῠ́σεις tā̀s apophúseis
Vocative	ἀπόφῠσῐ apóphusi	ἀποφῠ́σει apophúsei	ἀποφῠ́σεις apophúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: απόφυση (apófysi)
• → Latin: apophysis

Further reading

• “ἀπόφυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπόφυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόφυσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)