LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

apocatastasis

apocatastasis f (genitive apocatastasis)
Classical[a.pɔ.kaˈtas.ta.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[a.po.kaˈtas.ta.s̬is]

Meaning

  1. femininerestoration, return
  2. femininereturn of the stars to their position of the previous year
  3. New Latinfeminineapocatastasis (Origenist doctrine holding that an apocalypse shall remake the world rather than lead to a Final Judgment)
    Resurrectio vocatur Apocatastasis, idest restitutio, quae non est nova formatio, sed reformatioThe resurrection is called “Apocatastasis.” It is a restoration, not a new formation, but a reformation1828, Tommaso di Gesù, Speculum Theologicum Universae Theologiae, Gabrielis Porcelli, page 108:
    Apocatastasis omnino imperfecte tractata est; in fine ad Origenem relegamur, acsi is unus apocatastasin defenderit aut statuerit.1905, Acta Academiae Velehradensis, Sumptibus Academiae Velehradensis, page 59:
  4. New Latinfemininerestoration of a patient to a healthy condition
    apocatastasis, ἀποκατάστασις, dicitur a verbo ἀποκατάστασις, fignificat reſtitutionem in integrum, ſubſidentiam, ceſſationem, pro ſubjecti, de quo dicitur, conditione.1713, Bartolomeo Castelli, Bartholomaei Castelli Lexicon Medicum Graeco-Latinum, Thomam Fritsch, page 64:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeapocatastasisapocatastasēs
genitiveapocatastasisapocatastasium
dativeapocatastasīapocatastasibus
accusativeapocatastasemapocatastasēs
apocatastasīs
ablativeapocatastaseapocatastasibus
vocativeapocatastasisapocatastasēs

ăpŏcătastăsis, is, f., = ἀποκατάστασις,
I. a restoring to a former position; in astronomy, the return of the stars to their position of the preceding year, App. Ascl. 84, 6 Elm. (in Col. 3, 6, 4, written as Greek).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Hellenic*apó
  4. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό(ăpó)
  5. Ancient Greek ἀπο-(apo-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  10. Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́(kătắ)
  11. Ancient Greek κατα-(kata-)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  14. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  15. Ancient Greek ἵστημι(hístēmi)
  16. Ancient Greek καθίστημι(kathístēmi)
  17. Ancient Greek ἀποκαθίστημι(apokathístēmi)
  18. Ancient Greek -τῐς(-tĭs)
  19. Ancient Greek -σις(-sis)
  20. Latinapocatastasis

Ancient Greek ἀποκατάστασις (apokatástasis)bor. Latin apocatastasis Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποκατάστασις (apokatástasis).

Descendants
  • Englishapocatastasis
  • Frenchapocatastase
  • Portugueseapocatástase

In English words that came into English from apocatastasis

  • apocatastasisapocatastasis

Quick answers

What does apocatastasis mean in Latin?
apocatastasis, a noun, means “restoration, return; return of the stars to their position of the previous year; apocatastasis (Origenist doctrine holding that an apocalypse shall remake the world rather than lead to a Final Judgment)”.
What is the genitive of apocatastasis?
The genitive singular is apocatastasis. apocatastasis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce apocatastasis?
In classical Latin, [a.pɔ.kaˈtas.ta.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.po.kaˈtas.ta.s̬is].
Where does apocatastasis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Hellenic *apó → Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) → Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) → Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? → Proto-Hellenic *kətá → Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) → Ancient Greek κατα- (kata-) → Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti → Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi → Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) → Ancient Greek καθίστημι (kathístēmi) → Ancient Greek ἀποκαθίστημι (apokathístēmi) → Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) → Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) → Latin apocatastasis.