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 • (ắpopsĭs) 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 ắpopsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓πόψει tṑ ăpópsei	αἱ ᾰ̓πόψεις hai ăpópseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓πόψεως tês ăpópseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποψέοιν toîn ăpopséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓πόψεων tôn ăpópseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓πόψει tēî ăpópsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποψέοιν toîn ăpopséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓πόψεσῐ / ᾰ̓πόψεσῐν taîs ăpópsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́ποψῐν tḕn ắpopsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓πόψει tṑ ăpópsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πόψεις tā̀s ăpópseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ποψῐ ắpopsĭ	ᾰ̓πόψει ăpópsei	ᾰ̓πόψεις ăpópseis
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