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語源

From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.

発音

• IPA: /ˈæpsɪs/

名詞

apsis (plural apsides or apses)

1. (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.

   Synonyms: apse, apside

   • 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.

2. (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: apse, apside

派生語

アナグラム

• aspis, IASPs, Passi, AISPs

語源

From Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís).

名詞

apsis f (genitive apsīdis); third declension

1. arch, vault

語形変化

Third-declension noun.