"μετάπτωσις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μετάπτωσις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /me.táp.tɔː.sis/, /meˈtap.to.sis/, /meˈtap.to.sis/, /me.táp.tɔː.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /meˈtap.to.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /meˈtap.to.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /meˈtap.to.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /meˈtap.to.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μετα- (meta-) + πτῶσις (ptôsis). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*peth₂-}}, {{af|grc|μετα-|πτῶσις}} μετα- (meta-) + πτῶσις (ptôsis) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μετάπτωσῐς|μεταπτώσεως|f|third}} μετάπτωσῐς • (metáptōsĭs) f (genitive μεταπτώσεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μετάπτωσῐς|εως|form=F}} Forms: μετάπτωσῐς [canonical], metáptōsĭs [romanization], μεταπτώσεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ μετάπτωσῐς [nominative, singular], τὼ μεταπτώσει [dual, nominative], αἱ μεταπτώσεις [nominative, plural], τῆς μεταπτώσεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν μεταπτωσέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μεταπτώσεων [genitive, plural], τῇ μεταπτώσει [dative, singular], τοῖν μεταπτωσέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μεταπτώσεσῐ [dative, plural], μεταπτώσεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs metaptṓsesĭ [dative, plural], taîs metaptṓsesĭn [dative, plural], τὴν μετάπτωσῐν [accusative, singular], τὼ μεταπτώσει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μεταπτώσεις [accusative, plural], μετάπτωσῐ [singular, vocative], μεταπτώσει [dual, vocative], μεταπτώσεις [plural, vocative]
  1. change (process of becoming different)
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      "ipa": "/meˈtap.to.sis/"
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