ἀποκοπή

See also: αποκοπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ποκόπτω (ăpokóptō, “cut away”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.ko.pɛ̌ː/ → /a.po.koˈpi/ → /a.po.koˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.ko.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.po.koˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.po.koˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.po.koˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.po.koˈpi/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποκοπή • (ăpokopḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποκοπῆς); first declension

1. (medicine) amputation
2. (grammar, phonetics) apocope

   Antonym: ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποκοπή; τῆς ᾰ̓ποκοπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ποκοπή hē ăpokopḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓ποκοπᾱ́ tṑ ăpokopā́	αἱ ᾰ̓ποκοπαί hai ăpokopaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποκοπῆς tês ăpokopês	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποκοπαῖν toîn ăpokopaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓ποκοπῶν tôn ăpokopôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποκοπῇ têi ăpokopêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποκοπαῖν toîn ăpokopaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποκοπαῖς taîs ăpokopaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ποκοπήν tḕn ăpokopḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓ποκοπᾱ́ tṑ ăpokopā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποκοπᾱ́ς tā̀s ăpokopā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποκοπή ăpokopḗ	ᾰ̓ποκοπᾱ́ ăpokopā́	ᾰ̓ποκοπαί ăpokopaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: apocope
• Greek: αποκοπή (apokopí)

Further reading

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