μετάπτωση

Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μετᾰ́πτωσῐς (change) (μετά (metá) + πτῶσῐς (ptôsis)). Sense in linguistics, since Hellenistic Koine.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /meˈtaptosi/
  • Hyphenation: με‧τά‧πτω‧ση

Noun edit

μετάπτωση (metáptosif (plural μεταπτώσεις)

  1. sudden change of situation or a property, fluctuation
    Ο καιρός έχει μεταπτώσεις: πότε κρύο, πότε ζέστη.
    O kairós échei metaptóseis: póte krýo, póte zésti.
    The weather keeps changing: sometimes cold, sometimes heat.
    ψυχολογικές μεταπτώσειςpsychologikés metaptóseismood swings (psychological swings).
  2. (linguistics, phonetics) ablaut, vowel gradation. For Greek language: change during derivation or composition of a word, or specifically of a vowel or diphthong in a root, or stem, or an affix, either qualitative (short ↔ short), or quantitive (short ↔ long)
    ποσοτική μετάπτωση: λέγω - λόγος
    posotikí metáptosi: légo - lógos
    quantitive ablaut: lĕgo (“I say”) - lŏgos (“speech, reason”)
    ποιοτική μετάπτωση: πατέρα - πατήρ
    poiotikí metáptosi: patéra - patír
    qualitative ablaut: patĕra (“father -accusative-”) - patēr (“father -nominative-”)
    See notes
  3. (physics) changes in a quantum system
  4. (physics) precession
  5. (chemistry) transition metal, in the term
    στοιχεία μετάπτωσηςstoicheía metáptosistransition metals
  6. (astronomy) precession
  7. (geology) characterizes rifts on the Earth's crust

Declension edit

Related terms edit

  • and see: πτώση (ptósi, fall, reduction)

See also edit

(linguistics) For ablaut (vowel gradation) and grades see[2]:

References edit

  1. ^ μετάπτωσηΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. ^ μετάπτωση - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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