ἀποκοπή

See also: αποκοπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut away”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.ko.pɛ̌ː/ → /a.po.koˈpi/ → /a.po.koˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.ko.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.po.koˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.po.koˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.po.koˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.po.koˈpi/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποκοπή • (apokopḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποκοπῆς); first declension

1. (medicine) amputation
2. (grammar, phonetics) apocope

   Antonym: ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποκοπή; τῆς ᾰ̓ποκοπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ποκοπή hē apokopḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓ποκοπᾱ́ tṑ apokopā́	αἱ ᾰ̓ποκοπαί hai apokopaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποκοπῆς tês apokopês	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποκοπαῖν toîn apokopaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓ποκοπῶν tôn apokopôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποκοπῇ têi apokopêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποκοπαῖν toîn apokopaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποκοπαῖς taîs apokopaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ποκοπήν tḕn apokopḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓ποκοπᾱ́ tṑ apokopā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποκοπᾱ́ς tā̀s apokopā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποκοπή apokopḗ	ᾰ̓ποκοπᾱ́ apokopā́	ᾰ̓ποκοπαί apokopaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: apocope
• Greek: αποκοπή (apokopí)

Further reading

• “ἀποκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀποκοπή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀποκοπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette