ἀπόφυσις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀποφύω (apophúō, “to send out branches”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pó.pʰy.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpo.pʰy.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ɸy.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.fy.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpo.fi.sis/
Noun
ἀπόφῠσῐς • (apóphusis) f (genitive ἀποφῠ́σεως); third declension
- (botany) side-shoot, sprout
- (anatomy) apophysis, protuberance of a bone
- (anatomy) branch of an artery or nerve
- (architecture) member connecting shaft and base of a column
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀπόφῠσῐς hē apóphusis |
τὼ ἀποφῠ́σει tṑ apophúsei |
αἱ ἀποφῠ́σεις hai apophúseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀποφῠ́σεως tês apophúseōs |
τοῖν ἀποφῠσέοιν toîn apophuséoin |
τῶν ἀποφῠ́σεων tôn apophúseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀποφῠ́σει têi apophúsei |
τοῖν ἀποφῠσέοιν toîn apophuséoin |
ταῖς ἀποφῠ́σεσῐ / ἀποφῠ́σεσῐν taîs apophúsesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀπόφῠσῐν tḕn apóphusin |
τὼ ἀποφῠ́σει tṑ apophúsei |
τᾱ̀ς ἀποφῠ́σεις tā̀s apophúseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀπόφῠσῐ apóphusi |
ἀποφῠ́σει apophúsei |
ἀποφῠ́σεις apophúseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “ἀπόφυσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀπόφυσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπόφυσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
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- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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