ἀπάντησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓πᾰντᾰ́ω (ăpăntắō, “to meet”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pán.tɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpan.te̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpan.ti.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpan.ti.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpan.di.sis/
Noun
ᾰ̓πᾰ́ντησῐς • (ăpắntēsĭs) f (genitive ἀπαντήσεως); third declension
- escort
- meeting in argument
- reply
- steadfastness in face of opposition
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓πᾰ́ντησῐς hē ăpắntēsĭs |
τὼ ᾰ̓πᾰντήσει tṑ ăpăntḗsei |
αἱ ᾰ̓πᾰντήσεις hai ăpăntḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓πᾰντήσεως tês ăpăntḗseōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓πᾰντησέοιν toîn ăpăntēséoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓πᾰντήσεων tôn ăpăntḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓πᾰντήσει tēî ăpăntḗsei |
τοῖν ᾰ̓πᾰντησέοιν toîn ăpăntēséoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓πᾰντήσεσῐ / ᾰ̓πᾰντήσεσῐν taîs ăpăntḗsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓πᾰ́ντησῐν tḕn ăpắntēsĭn |
τὼ ᾰ̓πᾰντήσει tṑ ăpăntḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πᾰντήσεις tā̀s ăpăntḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓πᾰ́ντησῐ ăpắntēsĭ |
ᾰ̓πᾰντήσει ăpăntḗsei |
ᾰ̓πᾰντήσεις ăpăntḗseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: απάντηση (apántisi)
Further reading
- “ἀπάντησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀπάντησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπάντησις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- ἀπάντησις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011