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Apo
Ap′o
.[Gr. [GREEK]. See
Ab-
.] A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate;
as, in
. apo
cope (a cutting off
), apo
state, apo
stle (one sent away
), apo
carpous2.
Specifically, the revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament (called Revelation or the Apocalypse).
The new
apocalypse
of Nature. Carlyle.
Definition 2024
apo
apo
English
Adjective
apo (not comparable)
- (biochemistry, of a protein) In an inactive, unbound state
Anagrams
East Futuna
Etymology
Noun
apo
- (Alo) apple
Synonyms
- pomo (Sigave)
References
- Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, ISBN 3110206048)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”). Cognate with apex, Hittite 𒄩𒀊 (ḫapp-, “to join, attach”)[1], Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten”)[2].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.poː/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.po/, [ˈaː.po]
Verb
apō (present infinitive apere, perfect active apī, supine aptum); third conjugation
Inflection
| Conjugation of apo (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | apō | apis | apit | apimus | apitis | apunt |
| imperfect | apēbam | apēbās | apēbat | apēbāmus | apēbātis | apēbant | |
| future | apam | apēs | apet | apēmus | apētis | apent | |
| perfect | apī | apistī | apit | apimus | apistis | apērunt, apēre | |
| pluperfect | aperam | aperās | aperat | aperāmus | aperātis | aperant | |
| future perfect | aperō | aperis | aperit | aperimus | aperitis | aperint | |
| passive | present | apor | aperis, apere | apitur | apimur | apiminī | apuntur |
| imperfect | apēbar | apēbāris, apēbāre | apēbātur | apēbāmur | apēbāminī | apēbantur | |
| future | apar | apēris, apēre | apētur | apēmur | apēminī | apentur | |
| perfect | aptus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | aptus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | aptus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | apam | apās | apat | apāmus | apātis | apant |
| imperfect | aperem | aperēs | aperet | aperēmus | aperētis | aperent | |
| perfect | aperim | aperīs | aperit | aperīmus | aperītis | aperint | |
| pluperfect | apissem | apissēs | apisset | apissēmus | apissētis | apissent | |
| passive | present | apar | apāris, apāre | apātur | apāmur | apāminī | apantur |
| imperfect | aperer | aperēris, aperēre | aperētur | aperēmur | aperēminī | aperentur | |
| perfect | aptus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | aptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | ape | — | — | apite | — |
| future | — | apitō | apitō | — | apitōte | apuntō | |
| passive | present | — | apere | — | — | apiminī | — |
| future | — | apitor | apitor | — | — | apuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | apere | apisse | aptūrus esse | apī | aptus esse | aptum īrī | |
| participles | apēns | — | aptūrus | — | aptus | apendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| apere | apendī | apendō | apendum | aptum | aptū | ||
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- apo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “apo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press
- ↑ Alwin Kloekhorst (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers
- ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “120”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *apô, whence also Old English apa, Old High German affo, Old Norse api.
Noun
apo m