noun · femininethird declension
apophasis
apophasis f (genitive apophasis)
Classical[aˈpɔ.pʰa.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[aˈpɔː.fa.s̬is]
Meaning
- femininedenial, negation, repudiation
- Late Latinfemininerhetoricapophasis; ironically alluding to a subject matter by denying that the subject will be mentioned, embedded within a statement or rhetorical question whereby one, as it were, answers himself
- EcclesiasticalLatinfeminineapprehending knowledge of what is true about an unknowable, such as the essence of a divine being like God, by a negative process of denying propositions that are knowably untrue
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | apophasis | apophasēs |
| genitive | apophasis | apophasium |
| dative | apophasī | apophasibus |
| accusative | apophasem | apophasēs apophasīs |
| ablative | apophase | apophasibus |
| vocative | apophasis | apophasēs |
ăpŏphăsis, is, f., = ἀπόφασις (denial), rhet. fig.,
I. whereby one, as it were, answers himself, Jul. Rufin. 8.
Origins
From Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (apóphasis, “denial, negation”), ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φάσις (phásis, “statement, proposition”) from ἀπόφημι (apóphēmi, “speak out; say no, refuse, deny”) from Attic Greek φημί (phēmí), Doric Greek φᾱμί (phāmí) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂; whence via Proto-Italic *fāōr, *fāmā compare fārī, fābula, fāma, hence English fable, fame.
Descendants
- Englishapophasis
- Frenchapophase
- Portugueseapófase
- Galicianapófase
- Finnishapofaasi
- RussianАпофазия