ὑπερθύριον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὑπέρθυρον (hupérthuron)
Etymology
From ὑπερ- (huper-, “over”) + θύρα (thúra, “door”) + -ῐον (-ĭon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.per.tʰý.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.perˈtʰy.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.perˈθy.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.perˈθy.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.perˈθi.ri.on/
Noun
ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον • (huperthŭ́rĭon) n (genitive ὑπερθῠρῐ́ου); second declension
- (architecture) lintel of a door or gate
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον tò huperthŭ́rĭon |
τὼ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω tṑ huperthŭrĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ tằ huperthŭ́rĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ου toû huperthŭrĭ́ou |
τοῖν ὑπερθῠρῐ́οιν toîn huperthŭrĭ́oin |
τῶν ὑπερθῠρῐ́ων tôn huperthŭrĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ῳ tōî huperthŭrĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ὑπερθῠρῐ́οιν toîn huperthŭrĭ́oin |
τοῖς ὑπερθῠρῐ́οις toîs huperthŭrĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον tò huperthŭ́rĭon |
τὼ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω tṑ huperthŭrĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ tằ huperthŭ́rĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον huperthŭ́rĭon |
ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω huperthŭrĭ́ō |
ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ huperthŭ́rĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: υπέρθυρο (ypérthyro)
References
- “ὑπερθύριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑπερθύριον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὑπερθύριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette