απόστροφος

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 • (apóstrofos) f (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

See also

.   τελεία 
,   κόμμα 
:   δύο τελείες 
·   άνω τελεία 
;   ερωτηματικό 
!   θαυμαστικό 
« »   εισαγωγικά 
"       εισαγωγικά 
'       εισαγωγικά 
'     απόστροφος 
¨   διαλυτικά 
΄   τόνος 
  ενωτικό 
  παύλα 
  αποσιωπητικά 
 ( )    παρένθεση 
 [ ]    αγκύλη 
 { }    άγκιστρο 
» :   ομοιωματικά 
see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)

References

  1. απόστροφος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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