ἄπνοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄπνοος (ápnoos, “without wind”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.pnoi̯.a/ → /ˈa.pny.a/ → /ˈa.pni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.pnoi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pny.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pny.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pny.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pni.a/

Noun

ἄπνοιᾰ • (ápnoia) f (genitive ἀπνοίᾱς); first declension

1. want of wind, calm

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἄπνοιᾰ; τῆς ἀπνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄπνοιᾰ hē ápnoia	τὼ ἀπνοίᾱ tṑ apnoíā	αἱ ἄπνοιαι hai ápnoiai
Genitive	τῆς ἀπνοίᾱς tês apnoíās	τοῖν ἀπνοίαιν toîn apnoíain	τῶν ἀπνοιῶν tôn apnoiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀπνοίᾳ têi apnoíāi	τοῖν ἀπνοίαιν toîn apnoíain	ταῖς ἀπνοίαις taîs apnoíais
Accusative	τὴν ἄπνοιᾰν tḕn ápnoian	τὼ ἀπνοίᾱ tṑ apnoíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀπνοίᾱς tā̀s apnoíās
Vocative	ἄπνοιᾰ ápnoia	ἀπνοίᾱ apnoíā	ἄπνοιαι ápnoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: άπνοια (ápnoia)

Further reading

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