ἀπόπτωσις

Ancient Greek

From ἀπο- (apo-, “away from”) +‎ πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling”).

ἀπόπτωσις • (apóptōsis) f (genitive ἀπόπτωσεως); third declension

a falling off or away; falling of things that detach, such as petals
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On the Instruments of Reduction 35
- 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Praef. 8
deposition
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, 12 530a
direction in which a force is exerted
- 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Belopoeica 73.7
vanishing; disappearance; negation; eclipse
- 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 8
- 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 433
(grammar) declension from
- Chrysipp., Stoic. 2.51
- M., Ant. 10.12
- 412 CE – 485 CE, Proclus, Elements of Theology 209
- Hierocl., CA11 442M
- Herm., Phdr. 166A

Third declension of ἡ ἀπόπτωσῐς; τῆς ἀποπτώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπόπτωσῐς hē apóptōsis	τὼ ἀποπτώσει tṑ apoptṓsei	αἱ ἀποπτώσεις hai apoptṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ἀποπτώσεως tês apoptṓseōs	τοῖν ἀποπτωσέοιν toîn apoptōséoin	τῶν ἀποπτώσεων tôn apoptṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ἀποπτώσει têi apoptṓsei	τοῖν ἀποπτωσέοιν toîn apoptōséoin	ταῖς ἀποπτώσεσῐ / ἀποπτώσεσῐν taîs apoptṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀπόπτωσῐν tḕn apóptōsin	τὼ ἀποπτώσει tṑ apoptṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ἀποπτώσεις tā̀s apoptṓseis
Vocative	ἀπόπτωσῐ apóptōsi	ἀποπτώσει apoptṓsei	ἀποπτώσεις apoptṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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