apsis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈæpsɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editapsis (plural apsides or apses)
- (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
- 2019, A Companion to Medieval Lübeck, page 96:
- Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.
- (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editarchitecture: apse
astronomy: point in elliptical orbit
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English apsis).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editapsis (rare)
- An apse (architectural element).
Declension
editInflection of apsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | apsis | apsikset | |
genitive | apsiksen | apsisten apsiksien | |
partitive | apsista | apsiksia | |
illative | apsikseen | apsiksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | apsis | apsikset | |
accusative | nom. | apsis | apsikset |
gen. | apsiksen | ||
genitive | apsiksen | apsisten apsiksien | |
partitive | apsista | apsiksia | |
inessive | apsiksessa | apsiksissa | |
elative | apsiksesta | apsiksista | |
illative | apsikseen | apsiksiin | |
adessive | apsiksella | apsiksilla | |
ablative | apsikselta | apsiksilta | |
allative | apsikselle | apsiksille | |
essive | apsiksena | apsiksina | |
translative | apsikseksi | apsiksiksi | |
abessive | apsiksetta | apsiksitta | |
instructive | — | apsiksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “apsis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
editLatin
editNoun
editapsis f (genitive apsīdis); third declension
- arch, vault
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
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