ἀποτομάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπότομος (apótomos, “cut off”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.to.más/ → /a.po.toˈmas/ → /a.po.toˈmas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.to.más/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.po.toˈmas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.po.toˈmas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.po.toˈmas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.po.toˈmas/

Noun

ἀποτομᾰ́ς • (apotomás) f (genitive ἀποτομᾰ́δος); third declension

1. split or hewn piece of wood
2. javelin used in athletic games
3. fiery dart

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀποτομᾰ́ς; τῆς ἀποτομᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀποτομᾰ́ς hē apotomás	τὼ ἀποτομᾰ́δε tṑ apotomáde	αἱ ἀποτομᾰ́δες hai apotomádes
Genitive	τῆς ἀποτομᾰ́δος tês apotomádos	τοῖν ἀποτομᾰ́δοιν toîn apotomádoin	τῶν ἀποτομᾰ́δων tôn apotomádōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποτομᾰ́δῐ têi apotomádi	τοῖν ἀποτομᾰ́δοιν toîn apotomádoin	ταῖς ἀποτομᾰ́σῐ / ἀποτομᾰ́σῐν taîs apotomási(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀποτομᾰ́δᾰ tḕn apotomáda	τὼ ἀποτομᾰ́δε tṑ apotomáde	τᾱ̀ς ἀποτομᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s apotomádas
Vocative	ἀποτομᾰ́ς apotomás	ἀποτομᾰ́δε apotomáde	ἀποτομᾰ́δες apotomádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

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