ἀπόστασις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀποστασία (apostasía)

Etymology

Equivalent to ἀπό (apó, “away”) +‎ ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, verbal noun suffix) or ἀπό (apó, “away”) +‎ στάσις (stásis, “standing, position”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pós.ta.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.ta.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.ta.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.ta.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.ta.sis/

Noun

ἀ̆πόστᾰσῐς • (apóstasis) f (genitive ἀποστᾰ́σεως); third declension

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀπόστᾰσῐς; τῆς ἀποστᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπόστᾰσῐς hē apóstasis	τὼ ἀποστᾰ́σει tṑ apostásei	αἱ ἀποστᾰ́σεις hai apostáseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποστᾰ́σεως tês apostáseōs	τοῖν ἀποστᾰσέοιν toîn apostaséoin	τῶν ἀποστᾰ́σεων tôn apostáseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποστᾰ́σει têi apostásei	τοῖν ἀποστᾰσέοιν toîn apostaséoin	ταῖς ἀποστᾰ́σεσῐ / ἀποστᾰ́σεσῐν taîs apostásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπόστᾰσῐν tḕn apóstasin	τὼ ἀποστᾰ́σει tṑ apostásei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποστᾰ́σεις tā̀s apostáseis
Vocative	ἀπόστᾰσῐ apóstasi	ἀποστᾰ́σει apostásei	ἀποστᾰ́σεις apostáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ἀπόστᾰσῐς; τῆς ἀποστᾰ́σῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπόστᾰσῐς hē apóstasis	τὼ ἀποστᾰ́σῐε tṑ apostásie	αἱ ἀποστᾰ́σῐες hai apostásies
Genitive	τῆς ἀποστᾰ́σῐος tês apostásios	τοῖν ἀποστᾰσῐ́οιν toîn apostasíoin	τῶν ἀποστᾰσῐ́ων tôn apostasíōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποστᾰ́σῑ têi apostásī	τοῖν ἀποστᾰσῐ́οιν toîn apostasíoin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ἀποστᾰ́σῐσῐ / ἀποστᾰ́σῐσῐν têisi(n) apostásisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπόστᾰσῐν tḕn apóstasin	τὼ ἀποστᾰ́σῐε tṑ apostásie	τᾱ̀ς ἀποστᾰ́σῑς / ἀποστᾰ́σῐᾰς tā̀s apostásīs / apostásias
Vocative	ἀπόστᾰσῐ apóstasi	ἀποστᾰ́σῐε apostásie	ἀποστᾰ́σῐες apostásies
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

ἀποστασία (apostasía)
ἀποστασίον (apostasíon)
ἀποστατέον (apostatéon)
ἀποστατέω (apostatéō)
ἀποστάτης (apostátēs)
ἀποστατικός (apostatikós)
ἀποστάτις (apostátis)

References

“ἀπόστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀπόστασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“ἀπόστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

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