Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀπ- ‎(ap-) before a vowel without rough breathing
• ἀφ- ‎(aph-) before a vowel with rough breathing

Prefix

ἀπο- • ‎(apo-)

1. Indicating movement: away, from, off

   ἀποβαίνω ‎(apobaínō, “step off”)

2. Indicating breaking one part from another: un-, asunder, apart, off

   ἀποτέμνω ‎(apotémnō, “cut off”)

3. Indicating ending or finishing, or almost like the negative ἀ- ‎(a-, “not”), especially in adjectives

   ἀπαλγέω ‎(apalgéō, “put away sorrow for”), ἀπόσῑτος ‎(apósītos, “having eaten nothing”)

4. back, again

   ἀποδίδωμι ‎(apodídōmi, “give back”)

5. Simply emphasizing the meaning of the verb
6. because of, owing to

Derived terms

Descendants

• Greek: απο- ‎(apo-)

References

• ἀπό in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press