ἀκροποσθία
See also: ακροποσθία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀκροποσθῐ́η (akroposthíē) — Ionic
- ἀκροπόσθῐον (akropósthion)
Etymology
From ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, topmost”) + ποσθῐ́ᾱ (posthíā, “foreskin”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kro.pos.tʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kro.posˈtʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kro.posˈθi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kro.posˈθi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kro.posˈθi.a/
Noun
ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ • (akroposthíā) f (genitive ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- (anatomy) akroposthion, the tip of the foreskin
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ hē akroposthíā |
τὼ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akroposthíā |
αἱ ἀκροποσθῐ́αι hai akroposthíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς tês akroposthíās |
τοῖν ἀκροποσθῐ́αιν toîn akroposthíain |
τῶν ἀκροποσθῐῶν tôn akroposthiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾳ têi akroposthíāi |
τοῖν ἀκροποσθῐ́αιν toîn akroposthíain |
ταῖς ἀκροποσθῐ́αις taîs akroposthíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱν tḕn akroposthíān |
τὼ ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akroposthíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱς tā̀s akroposthíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ akroposthíā |
ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ akroposthíā |
ἀκροποσθῐ́αι akroposthíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: akroposthion
- Greek: ακροποσθία (akroposthía)
Further reading
- “ἀκροποσθία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκροποσθία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκροποσθία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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