ἀπόστροφος

See also: απόστροφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “turn away”, from ἀπο- (apo-) +‎ στρέφω (stréphō)) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pós.tro.pʰos/ → /aˈpos.tro.ɸos/ → /aˈpos.tro.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pós.tro.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.fos/

Adjective

ἀπόστροφος • (apóstrophos) m or f (neuter ἀπόστροφον); second declension

1. turned away
2. (Byzantine) repulsive, horrible

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓πόστροφος; ᾰ̓πόστροφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓πόστροφος ăpóstrophos	ᾰ̓πόστροφον ăpóstrophon		ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō		ᾰ̓πόστροφοι ăpóstrophoi	ᾰ̓πόστροφᾰ ăpóstrophă
Genitive		ᾰ̓ποστρόφου ăpostróphou	ᾰ̓ποστρόφου ăpostróphou		ᾰ̓ποστρόφοιν ăpostróphoin	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοιν ăpostróphoin		ᾰ̓ποστρόφων ăpostróphōn	ᾰ̓ποστρόφων ăpostróphōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ποστρόφῳ ăpostróphōi	ᾰ̓ποστρόφῳ ăpostróphōi		ᾰ̓ποστρόφοιν ăpostróphoin	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοιν ăpostróphoin		ᾰ̓ποστρόφοις ăpostróphois	ᾰ̓ποστρόφοις ăpostróphois
Accusative		ᾰ̓πόστροφον ăpóstrophon	ᾰ̓πόστροφον ăpóstrophon		ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō		ᾰ̓ποστρόφους ăpostróphous	ᾰ̓πόστροφᾰ ăpóstrophă
Vocative		ᾰ̓πόστροφε ăpóstrophe	ᾰ̓πόστροφον ăpóstrophon		ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō	ᾰ̓ποστρόφω ăpostróphō		ᾰ̓πόστροφοι ăpóstrophoi	ᾰ̓πόστροφᾰ ăpóstrophă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ποστρόφως ăpostróphōs			ᾰ̓ποστροφώτερος ăpostrophṓteros			ᾰ̓ποστροφώτᾰτος ăpostrophṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: απόστροφος (apóstrofos) (learned)
• → Old Armenian: ապաթարց (apatʻarcʻ) (calque)
  • Armenian: ապաթարց (apatʻarcʻ)
• → Bulgarian: апостро́ф (apostróf)
• → Latin: apostrophus (see there for further descendants)
• → Ukrainian: апостро́ф (apostróf)

Further reading

• ἀπόστροφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόστροφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀπόστροφος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• ἀπόστροφος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀπόστροφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • averted idem, page 55.
  • diverted idem, page 243.