ἀπόδοσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi) +‎ -σις (-sis). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢𐀉𐀯 (a-pu-du-si).

Pronunciation

Noun

ἀπόδοσις • (apódosis) f (genitive ἀποδόσεως); third declension

1. giving back, restitution, return
2. payment
3. assignment, attribution
4. rendering by way of definition
5. (grammar) apodosis (consequential clause in a conditional sentence)

   Coordinate term: πρότασις (prótasis)

6. interpretation, explanation

Declension

Descendants

• → English: apodosis (learned)
• → French: apodose (learned)
• Greek: απόδοση (apódosi)

Further reading

• “ἀπόδοσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπόδοσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπόδοσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόδοσις 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.
  • discharge idem, page 229.
  • payment idem, page 600.
  • reimbursement idem, page 688.
  • repayment idem, page 695.
  • restitution idem, page 705.
  • restoration idem, page 705.
  • return idem, page 708.
  • satisfaction idem, page 734.