ἀπόφυσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποφύω (apophúō, “to send out branches”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀπόφῠσῐς • (apóphusis) f (genitive ἀποφῠ́σεως); third declension

  1. (botany) side-shoot, sprout
  2. (anatomy) apophysis, protuberance of a bone
  3. (anatomy) branch of an artery or nerve
  4. (architecture) member connecting shaft and base of a column

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἀπόφῠσῐς; τῆς ἀποφῠ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀπόφῠσῐς
hē apóphusis		 τὼ ἀποφῠ́σει
tṑ apophúsei		 αἱ ἀποφῠ́σεις
hai apophúseis
Genitive τῆς ἀποφῠ́σεως
tês apophúseōs		 τοῖν ἀποφῠσέοιν
toîn apophuséoin		 τῶν ἀποφῠ́σεων
tôn apophúseōn
Dative τῇ ἀποφῠ́σει
têi apophúsei		 τοῖν ἀποφῠσέοιν
toîn apophuséoin		 ταῖς ἀποφῠ́σεσῐ / ἀποφῠ́σεσῐν
taîs apophúsesi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀπόφῠσῐν
tḕn apóphusin		 τὼ ἀποφῠ́σει
tṑ apophúsei		 τᾱ̀ς ἀποφῠ́σεις
tā̀s apophúseis
Vocative ἀπόφῠσῐ
apóphusi		 ἀποφῠ́σει
apophúsei		 ἀποφῠ́σεις
apophúseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: απόφυση (apófysi)
  • → Latin: apophysis

Further reading
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