ἀπόστροφος

See also: απόστροφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pós.tro.pʰos/ → /aˈpos.tro.ɸos/ → /aˈpos.tro.fos/

• (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

1. turned away
2. (Byzantine) repulsive, horrible

Declension

Second declension of ἀ̆πόστροφος; ἀ̆πόστροφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆πόστροφος apóstrophos	ἀ̆πόστροφον apóstrophon		ἀ̆ποστρόφω apostróphō	ἀ̆ποστρόφω apostróphō		ἀ̆πόστροφοι apóstrophoi	ἀ̆πόστροφᾰ apóstropha
Genitive		ἀ̆ποστρόφου apostróphou	ἀ̆ποστρόφου apostróphou		ἀ̆ποστρόφοιν apostróphoin	ἀ̆ποστρόφοιν apostróphoin		ἀ̆ποστρόφων apostróphōn	ἀ̆ποστρόφων apostróphōn
Dative		ἀ̆ποστρόφῳ apostróphōi	ἀ̆ποστρόφῳ apostróphōi		ἀ̆ποστρόφοιν apostróphoin	ἀ̆ποστρόφοιν apostróphoin		ἀ̆ποστρόφοις apostróphois	ἀ̆ποστρόφοις apostróphois
Accusative		ἀ̆πόστροφον apóstrophon	ἀ̆πόστροφον apóstrophon		ἀ̆ποστρόφω apostróphō	ἀ̆ποστρόφω apostróphō		ἀ̆ποστρόφους apostróphous	ἀ̆πόστροφᾰ apóstropha
Vocative		ἀ̆πόστροφε apóstrophe	ἀ̆πόστροφον apóstrophon		ἀ̆ποστρόφω apostróphō	ἀ̆ποστρόφω apostróphō		ἀ̆πόστροφοι apóstrophoi	ἀ̆πόστροφᾰ apóstropha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆ποστρόφως apostróphōs			ἀ̆ποστροφώτερος apostrophṓteros			ἀ̆ποστροφώτᾰτος apostrophṓtatos
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)

Further reading

• ἀπόστροφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόστροφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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 - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “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.