αποστολέας

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Greek

Etymology

Learned, from the accusative singular ἀποστολέα (apostoléa) of Hellenistic Koine Greek ἀποστολεύς (apostoleús, “one who sends: referring to baptizing”) (ancient meaning: "a kind of magistrate"). Semantic loan from French envoyeur and expéditeur.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.po.stoˈle.as/
  • Hyphenation: α‧πο‧στο‧λέ‧ας

Noun

αποστολέας • (apostoléas) m or f (plural αποστολείς)

  1. sender, consignor, consigner
    Antonyms: παραλήπτης (paralíptis), αποδέκτης (apodéktis)

Declension

singular plural
nominative αποστολέας (apostoléas) αποστολείς (apostoleís)
genitive αποστολέα (apostoléa)
αποστολέως (apostoléos) 		αποστολέων (apostoléon)
accusative αποστολέα (apostoléa) αποστολείς (apostoleís)
vocative αποστολέα (apostoléa) αποστολείς (apostoleís)

The second genitive singular is formal (ancient), and suitable for the feminine gender.

Coordinate terms

References

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