ἀποκάλυψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to disclose, reveal”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.ká.lyp.sis/ → /a.poˈka.lyp.sis/ → /a.poˈka.lip.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.ká.lyp.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.poˈka.lyp.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈka.lyp.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈka.lyp.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.poˈka.lip.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐς • (ăpokắlŭpsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεως); third declension

1. uncovering, revelation, disclosure

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐς hē ăpokắlŭpsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψει tṑ ăpokălŭ́psei	αἱ ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεις hai ăpokălŭ́pseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεως tês ăpokălŭ́pseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠψέοιν toîn ăpokălŭpséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεων tôn ăpokălŭ́pseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψει tēî ăpokălŭ́psei	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠψέοιν toîn ăpokălŭpséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεσῐ / ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεσῐν taîs ăpokălŭ́psesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐν tḕn ăpokắlŭpsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψει tṑ ăpokălŭ́psei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεις tā̀s ăpokălŭ́pseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐ ăpokắlŭpsĭ	ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψει ăpokălŭ́psei	ᾰ̓ποκᾰλῠ́ψεις ăpokălŭ́pseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αποκάλυψη (apokálypsi)
• → Latin: apocalypsis (see there for further descendants)
  • English: apocalypse
• Irish: apacailipsis
• Old Irish: abcolips
• Russian: апока́липсис (apokálipsis)

Further reading

• “ἀποκάλυψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀποκάλυψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀποκάλυψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀποκάλυψις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G602 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible