ἀκροποσθία

See also: ακροποσθία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́η (ăkroposthĭ́ē) — Ionic
  • ᾰ̓κροπόσθῐον (ăkropósthĭon)

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros, “highest; topmost”) +‎ ποσθῐ́ᾱ (posthĭ́ā, “foreskin”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ • (ăkroposthĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (anatomy) akroposthion (the tip of the foreskin)
    Near-synonyms: πόσθη (pósthē), ᾰ̓κροβῠστῐ́ᾱ (ăkrobŭstĭ́ā)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ
hē ăkroposthĭ́ā 		τὼ ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ăkroposthĭ́ā 		αἱ ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́αι
hai ăkroposthĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱς
tês ăkroposthĭ́ās 		τοῖν ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́αιν
toîn ăkroposthĭ́ain 		τῶν ᾰ̓κροποσθῐῶν
tôn ăkroposthĭôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾳ
tēî ăkroposthĭ́āi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́αιν
toîn ăkroposthĭ́ain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́αις
taîs ăkroposthĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ăkroposthĭ́ān 		τὼ ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ăkroposthĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s ăkroposthĭ́ās
Vocative ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ
ăkroposthĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́ᾱ
ăkroposthĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓κροποσθῐ́αι
ăkroposthĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: akroposthion
  • Greek: ακροποσθία (akroposthía)

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