ἀποστηθίζω
See also: αποστηθίζω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom the phrase ᾰ̓πὸ στήθους (apò stḗthous, “by heart”) (ᾰ̓πό (“from”) the στῆθος (“breast”)) + -ῐ́ζω.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pos.tɛː.tʰíz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pos.te̝ˈtʰi.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.pos.tiˈθi.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.pos.tiˈθi.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.pos.tiˈθi.zo/
Verb
editᾰ̓πoστηθῐ́ζω • (apostēthízō) (Koine, Byzantine)
- to know from memory, repeat by heart
- Οὐ γάρ ἐστι ταὐτὸν ἐς πλῆθος ἀποστηθίζειν καὶ γράφειν ἐς κάλλος.
- Ou gár esti tautòn es plêthos apostēthízein kaì gráphein es kállos.
- It is not the same thing to repeat by heart a great quantity [of texts] and to be able to write with [rhetoric] quality.
Inflection
edit Present: ἀποστηθῐ́ζω, ἀποστηθῐ́ζομαι
Imperfect: ἀπεστήθῐζον, ἀπεστηθῐζόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἀπεστήθῐζον | ἀπεστήθῐζες | ἀπεστήθῐζε(ν) | ἀπεστηθῐ́ζετον | ἀπεστηθῐζέτην | ἀπεστηθῐ́ζομεν | ἀπεστηθῐ́ζετε | ἀπεστήθῐζον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἀπεστηθῐζόμην | ἀπεστηθῐ́ζου | ἀπεστηθῐ́ζετο | ἀπεστηθῐ́ζεσθον | ἀπεστηθῐζέσθην | ἀπεστηθῐζόμεθᾰ | ἀπεστηθῐ́ζεσθε | ἀπεστηθῐ́ζοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἀπεστήθῐκᾰ, ἀπεστήθῐσμαι
Pluperfect: ἀπεστηθῐ́κειν, ἀπεστηθῐ́σμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἀπεστηθῐ́κειν, ἀπεστηθῐ́κη |
ἀπεστηθῐ́κεις, ἀπεστηθῐ́κης |
ἀπεστηθῐ́κει(ν) | ἀπεστηθῐ́κετον | ἀπεστηθῐκέτην | ἀπεστηθῐ́κεμεν | ἀπεστηθῐ́κετε | ἀπεστηθῐ́κεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἀπεστηθῐ́σμην | ἀπεστήθῐσο | ἀπεστήθῐστο | ἀπεστήθῐσθον | ἀπεστηθῐ́σθην | ἀπεστηθῐ́σμεθᾰ | ἀπεστήθῐσθε | ἀπεστηθῐ́δᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Synonyms
editKoine verbs:
- ἐνστηθίζω (enstēthízō)
ancient verbs:
- ἐκμᾰνθᾰ́νω (ekmanthánō) (sense: learn by heart)
- ἐξεπῐ́στᾰμαι (exepístamai) (sense: know by heart)
- ᾰ̓ποστομᾰτῐ́ζω (apostomatízō) (sense: repeat by heart)
Descendants
edit- → Greek: αποστηθίζω (apostithízo) (learned)
Further reading
edit- “ἀποστηθίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀποστηθίζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)