ἄψορρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄψ (áps, “back, back again”) plus an uncertain verbal root, possibly Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move”) (compare ὄρνῡμι (órnūmi)) or *h₁ers- (“to flow”) (compare Latin errō (“to wander, get lost”) and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan, “to mislead”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /áp.sor̥.r̥os/ → /ˈap.sor.ros/ → /ˈap.so.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áp.sor̥.r̥os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sor.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sor.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sor.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈap.so.ros/

Adjective

ἄψορρος • (ápsorrhos) m or f (neuter ἄψορρον); second declension

1. going back, returning

Declension

Second declension of ἄψορρος; ἄψορρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄψορρος ápsorrhos	ἄψορρον ápsorrhon		ἀψόρρω apsórrhō	ἀψόρρω apsórrhō		ἄψορροι ápsorrhoi	ἄψορρᾰ ápsorrhă
Genitive		ἀψόρρου apsórrhou	ἀψόρρου apsórrhou		ἀψόρροιν apsórrhoin	ἀψόρροιν apsórrhoin		ἀψόρρων apsórrhōn	ἀψόρρων apsórrhōn
Dative		ἀψόρρῳ apsórrhōi	ἀψόρρῳ apsórrhōi		ἀψόρροιν apsórrhoin	ἀψόρροιν apsórrhoin		ἀψόρροις apsórrhois	ἀψόρροις apsórrhois
Accusative		ἄψορρον ápsorrhon	ἄψορρον ápsorrhon		ἀψόρρω apsórrhō	ἀψόρρω apsórrhō		ἀψόρρους apsórrhous	ἄψορρᾰ ápsorrhă
Vocative		ἄψορρε ápsorrhe	ἄψορρον ápsorrhon		ἀψόρρω apsórrhō	ἀψόρρω apsórrhō		ἄψορροι ápsorrhoi	ἄψορρᾰ ápsorrhă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀψόρρως apsórrhōs			ἀψορρότερος apsorrhóteros			ἀψορρότᾰτος apsorrhótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• ἀψόρροος (apsórrhoos)

Further reading

• “ἄψορρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄψορρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄψορρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄψορρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄψορρος”, 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.
  • back idem, page 57.
  • receding idem, page 678.
  • retiring idem, page 707.
  • retrograde idem, page 708.
  • returning idem, page 708.