ὑπέρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *hupér, from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”), from *upo (“under, below”) (whence English up). Cognates include Latin super and Proto-Germanic *uber (whence English over).[1]

    The genitive is from the PIE ablative of separation or cause. The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.

    Pronunciation

     

    Preposition

    ῠ̔πέρ • (hŭpér) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)

    1. [with genitive]
      1. over, above
      2. farther inland
      3. (nautical, of ships at sea) off of
      4. over, across
      5. beyond
      6. (figuratively)
        1. in defense of, on behalf of
        2. for the prosperity or safety of
        3. for, instead of, in the name of; by commission from
        4. as representative of, in the name of
        5. for, because of, by reason of, on account of
        6. for the purpose of preventing or avoiding, for the sake of
      7. concerning
    2. [with accusative]
      1. (of place) over, beyond
      2. (of measure) above, exceeding, beyond
        1. (after comparative) than
        2. in violation of
      3. (of number) above, upwards of
      4. (of time) before, earlier than
      5. on behalf of
    3. (+ dative, Aeolic) for

    Usage notes

    • A primary preposition; “over”, that is, (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than.
    • In compounds it retains many of the above applications.

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    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → English: hyper-
    • → French: hyper
    • → Irish: hipir-
    • → Russian: гипер- (giper-)

    Adverb

    ῠ̔πέρ • (hŭpér)

    1. overmuch, above measure

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὕπερ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1533

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