απόστροφος

Etymology
Learnedly, from Hellenistic, substantivised feminine of the ancient adjective with sense: "turning away from, averted", from verb. From + στροφ- of verb  + ending.

Noun

 * 1)  apostrophe, the character ’

Usage notes
For Greek texts:
 * It takes the place of a vowel which is omitted in pronunciation. The space separating the two words is retained, e.g.
 * από το "from the" pronounced > απ' το pronounced
 * μου είπε "he/she/it has said to me" pronounced > μου 'πε  pronounced
 * In practice, especially when typing, the simple typographic apostrophe is used instead of the  (a quotation mark ) used in typography, texts, books.

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