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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀπόλυτος (apólutos), from ἀπολύω (apolúō, “to unbind”).
Adjective
απόλυτος • (apólytos) m (feminine απόλυτη, neuter απόλυτο)
- absolute, complete, total
- (physics) absolute
- απόλυτο μηδέν ― apólyto midén ― absolute zero
- (mathematics) cardinal
- Antonym: τακτικός (taktikós)
- απόλυτος αριθμός, απόλυτο αριθμητικό ― apólytos arithmós, apólyto arithmitikó ― cardinal number
- (grammar) absolute (as in ablative absolute)
- Synonym: (abbreviation) απόλ. (apól.)
Declension
- απόλυτα (apólyta, “absolutely”, adverb)
- απολυταρχία f (apolytarchía, “absolutism, authoritarianism”)
- απολυταρχικός (apolytarchikós, “authoritarian”, adjective)
- απολυταρχισμός m (apolytarchismós, “authoritarianism, absolutism”)
- απολυτήριο n (apolytírio, “discharge paper”)
- απολυτήριος (apolytírios, “final, absolute”, adjective)
- απολυτίκιο n (apolytíkio, “introit”)
- απόλυτος αριθμός n (apólytos arithmós, “cardinal number”)
- απολυτοσύνη f (apolytosýni, “absolutness”)
- απολυτότητα f (apolytótita, “absolutness”)
- απολύτως (apolýtos, “absolutely”, adverb)
Further reading
- “απόλυτος”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998