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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pos.tro.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /a.pos.troˈɸi/ → /a.pos.troˈfi/
Noun
ᾰ̓ποστροφή • (apostrophḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποστροφῆς); first declension
- escape, refuge, excuse
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἀποστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀποστροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀποστροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀποστροφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- alternative idem, page 26.
- asylum idem, page 48.
- avenue idem, page 55.
- escape idem, page 282.
- excuse idem, page 290.
- harbour idem, page 385.
- loop-hole idem, page 499.
- refuge idem, page 685.
- resource idem, page 703.
- sanctuary idem, page 733.
- shelter idem, page 764.