ἄποψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) +‎ ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.pop.sis/ → /ˈa.pop.sis/ → /ˈa.pop.sis/

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

Noun

ᾰ̓́ποψῐς • (ápopsis) f (genitive ᾰ̓́ποψεως); third declension

1. outlook, view
2. that on which one looks, view, prospect

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́ποψῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓πόψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́ποψῐς hē ápopsis	τὼ ᾰ̓πόψει tṑ apópsei	αἱ ᾰ̓πόψεις hai apópseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓πόψεως tês apópseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποψέοιν toîn apopséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓πόψεων tôn apópseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓πόψει têi apópsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποψέοιν toîn apopséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓πόψεσῐ / ᾰ̓πόψεσῐν taîs apópsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́ποψῐν tḕn ápopsin	τὼ ᾰ̓πόψει tṑ apópsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πόψεις tā̀s apópseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ποψῐ ápopsi	ᾰ̓πόψει apópsei	ᾰ̓πόψεις apópseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άποψη (ápopsi)

Further reading

• “ἄποψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄποψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette