ἀπόπτωσις

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • a falling off or away; falling of things that detach, such as petals
  • deposition
  • direction in which a force is exerted
  • vanishing; disappearance; negation; eclipse
  • (grammar) declension from

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (fly, spread out, fall).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peth₂-

Gloss

fly, spread out, fall

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

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Action/Process

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