apsis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.
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Noun edit
apsis (plural apsides or apses)
- (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
- 2019, A Companion to Medieval Lübeck, page 96:
- Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.
- (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee
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architecture: apse
astronomy: point in elliptical orbit
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English apsis).
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Noun edit
apsis (rare)
- An apse (architectural element).
Declension edit
Inflection of apsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | apsis | apsikset | ||
genitive | apsiksen | apsisten apsiksien | ||
partitive | apsista | apsiksia | ||
illative | apsikseen | apsiksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | apsis | apsikset | ||
accusative | nom. | apsis | apsikset | |
gen. | apsiksen | |||
genitive | apsiksen | apsisten apsiksien | ||
partitive | apsista | apsiksia | ||
inessive | apsiksessa | apsiksissa | ||
elative | apsiksesta | apsiksista | ||
illative | apsikseen | apsiksiin | ||
adessive | apsiksella | apsiksilla | ||
ablative | apsikselta | apsiksilta | ||
allative | apsikselle | apsiksille | ||
essive | apsiksena | apsiksina | ||
translative | apsikseksi | apsiksiksi | ||
abessive | apsiksetta | apsiksitta | ||
instructive | — | apsiksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “apsis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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Latin edit
Noun edit
apsis f (genitive apsīdis); third declension
- arch, vault
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | apsis | apsīdēs |
Genitive | apsīdis | apsīdum |
Dative | apsīdī | apsīdibus |
Accusative | apsīdem | apsīdēs |
Ablative | apsīde | apsīdibus |
Vocative | apsis | apsīdēs |