ἀπόδοσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi) +‎ -σις (-sis). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢𐀉𐀯 (a-pu-du-si).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ἀπόδοσις • (apódosis) f (genitive ἀποδόσεως); third declension

1. giving back, restitution, return
2. payment
3. assignment, attribution
4. rendering by way of definition
5. (grammar) apodosis (consequential clause in a conditional sentence)

   Coordinate term: πρότασις (prótasis)

6. interpretation, explanation

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀπόδοσῐς; τῆς ἀποδόσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπόδοσῐς hē apódosis	τὼ ἀποδόσει tṑ apodósei	αἱ ἀποδόσεις hai apodóseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποδόσεως tês apodóseōs	τοῖν ἀποδοσέοιν toîn apodoséoin	τῶν ἀποδόσεων tôn apodóseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποδόσει têi apodósei	τοῖν ἀποδοσέοιν toîn apodoséoin	ταῖς ἀποδόσεσῐ / ἀποδόσεσῐν taîs apodósesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπόδοσῐν tḕn apódosin	τὼ ἀποδόσει tṑ apodósei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποδόσεις tā̀s apodóseis
Vocative	ἀπόδοσῐ apódosi	ἀποδόσει apodósei	ἀποδόσεις apodóseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: apodosis (learned)
• → French: apodose (learned)
• Greek: απόδοση (apódosi)

Further reading

• “ἀπόδοσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπόδοσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπόδοσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόδοσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • discharge idem, page 229.
  • payment idem, page 600.
  • reimbursement idem, page 688.
  • repayment idem, page 695.
  • restitution idem, page 705.
  • restoration idem, page 705.
  • return idem, page 708.
  • satisfaction idem, page 734.