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Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ, “turning away from”) from verb ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “turn away”) & semantic loan from French aversion. The sense for rhetoric, since Hellenistic period.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.po.stɾoˈfi/
- Hyphenation: α‧πο‧στρο‧φή
Noun
αποστροφή • (apostrofí) f (plural αποστροφές)
- aversion, disgust, repugnance
- (rhetoric) apostrophe
Declension
Synonyms
(disugst):
- αποστρέφω (apostréfo, “to show distaste, to turn away”)
- αποστροφή f (apostrofí, “distaste”)
- απόστροφος f (apóstrofos, “apostrophe”) (typographic character)
- see: από (apó, “from”), στροφή f (strofí, “turn”) & στρέφω (stréfo, “I turn”)
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