ἀπόλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπο- (apo-) +‎ λόγος (lógos, word, speech).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.lo.ɡos/ → /aˈpo.lo.ɣos/ → /aˈpo.lo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.lo.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.lo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.lo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.lo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.lo.ɣos/

Noun

ἀπόλογος • (apólogos) m (genitive ἀπολόγου); second declension

1. story, tale
2. fable, apologue, allegory
3. account rendered

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἀπόλογος; τοῦ ἀπολόγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀπόλογος ho apólogos	τὼ ἀπολόγω tṑ apológō	οἱ ἀπόλογοι hoi apólogoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀπολόγου toû apológou	τοῖν ἀπολόγοιν toîn apológoin	τῶν ἀπολόγων tôn apológōn
Dative	τῷ ἀπολόγῳ tōî apológōi	τοῖν ἀπολόγοιν toîn apológoin	τοῖς ἀπολόγοις toîs apológois
Accusative	τὸν ἀπόλογον tòn apólogon	τὼ ἀπολόγω tṑ apológō	τοὺς ἀπολόγους toùs apológous
Vocative	ἀπόλογε apóloge	ἀπολόγω apológō	ἀπόλογοι apólogoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai)
• ἀπολογῐ́ζομαι (apologĭ́zomai)
• ἀπολογῐσμός (apologĭsmós)
• ἀπολογῐστής (apologĭstḗs)

Descendants

• → Latin: apologus

Further reading

• “ἀπόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπόλογος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόλογος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)