ὑπερφρόνησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπερφρονέω (huperphronéō, “to be over-proud”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.per.pʰró.nɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.perˈpʰro.ne̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.perˈɸro.ni.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.perˈfro.ni.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.perˈfro.ni.sis/
Noun
ὑπερφρόνησῐς • (huperphrónēsĭs) f (genitive ὑπερφρονήσεως); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ὑπερφρόνησῐς hē huperphrónēsĭs |
τὼ ὑπερφρονήσει tṑ huperphronḗsei |
αἱ ὑπερφρονήσεις hai huperphronḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὑπερφρονήσεως tês huperphronḗseōs |
τοῖν ὑπερφρονησέοιν toîn huperphronēséoin |
τῶν ὑπερφρονήσεων tôn huperphronḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὑπερφρονήσει tēî huperphronḗsei |
τοῖν ὑπερφρονησέοιν toîn huperphronēséoin |
ταῖς ὑπερφρονήσεσῐ / ὑπερφρονήσεσῐν taîs huperphronḗsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὑπερφρόνησῐν tḕn huperphrónēsĭn |
τὼ ὑπερφρονήσει tṑ huperphronḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς ὑπερφρονήσεις tā̀s huperphronḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὑπερφρόνησῐ huperphrónēsĭ |
ὑπερφρονήσει huperphronḗsei |
ὑπερφρονήσεις huperphronḗseis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὑπερφρόνησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑπερφρόνησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette