ἀναστροφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀναστρέφω (anastréphō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nas.tro.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /a.nas.troˈɸi/ → /a.nas.troˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nas.tro.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.nas.troˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.nas.troˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.nas.troˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.nas.troˈfi/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰστροφή • (anastrophḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰστροφῆς); first declension

1. turning back, return

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰστροφή; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰστροφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰστροφή hē anastrophḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰστροφᾱ́ tṑ anastrophā́	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰστροφαί hai anastrophaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰστροφῆς tês anastrophês	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰστροφαῖν toîn anastrophaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰστροφῶν tôn anastrophôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰστροφῇ têi anastrophêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰστροφαῖν toîn anastrophaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰστροφαῖς taîs anastrophaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰστροφήν tḕn anastrophḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰστροφᾱ́ tṑ anastrophā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰστροφᾱ́ς tā̀s anastrophā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰστροφή anastrophḗ	ᾰ̓νᾰστροφᾱ́ anastrophā́	ᾰ̓νᾰστροφαί anastrophaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: anastrophe
• Greek: αναστροφή (anastrofí)

Further reading

• “ἀναστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀναστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀναστροφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀναστροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀναστροφή 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.
  • abiding-place idem, page 2.
  • collapse idem, page 142.
  • crash idem, page 182.
  • dwelling idem, page 257.
  • habitation idem, page 380.
  • haunt idem, page 388.
  • inversion idem, page 457.
  • resort idem, page 703.
  • return idem, page 708.
  • reversal idem, page 710.
  • ruin idem, page 725.
  • seat idem, page 746.