απόστροφος

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Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos), substantivised feminine of the ancient adjective with sense: "turning away from, averted", from verb ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō).[1] From ἀπό (apó) + στροφ- of verb στρέφω (stréphō) + ending -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈpo.stɾo.fos/
  • Hyphenation: α‧πό‧στρο‧φος

Noun

απόστροφος (apóstrofosf (plural απόστροφοι)

  1. (typography) apostrophe, the character

Usage notes

For Greek texts:

  • It takes the place of a vowel which is omitted in pronunciation. The space separating the two words is retained, e.g.
    από το "from the" pronounced /apo‿to/ > απ' το pronounced /apto/
    μου είπε "he/she/it has said to me" pronounced /mu‿ˈipe/ > μου 'πε pronounced /ˈmupe/
  • In practice, especially when typing, the simple typographic apostrophe ' (U+0027 APOSTROPHE, HTML ') is used instead of the ʼ (U+02BC MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE, HTML ʼ) (a quotation mark U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK) used in typography, texts, books.

Declension

Declension of απόστροφος
singular plural
nominative απόστροφος (apóstrofos) απόστροφοι (apóstrofoi)
genitive αποστρόφου (apostrófou) αποστρόφων (apostrófon)
accusative απόστροφο (apóstrofo) αποστρόφους (apostrófous)
vocative απόστροφε (apóstrofe)
απόστροφο (apóstrofo)
απόστροφοι (apóstrofoi)

See also

.   τελεία (teleía)
,   κόμμα (kómma)
:   δύο τελείες (dýo teleíes)
·   άνω τελεία (áno teleía)
;   ερωτηματικό (erotimatikó)
!   θαυμαστικό (thavmastikó)
« »   εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
"       εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
'       εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
'     απόστροφος (apóstrofos)
¨   διαλυτικά (dialytiká)
΄   τόνος (tónos)
  ενωτικό (enotikó)
  παύλα (pávla)
  αποσιωπητικά (aposiopitiká)
  ( )     παρένθεση (parénthesi)
  [ ]     αγκύλη (agkýli)
  { }     άγκιστρο (ágkistro)
» :   ομοιωματικά (omoiomatiká)
see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)

References

  1. ^ απόστροφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language