ὑπερῷος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contraction of Ionic ὑπερώϊος (huperṓïos), derived from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”, “over”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pe.rɔ̂ːi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.peˈro.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.peˈro.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.peˈro.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.peˈro.os/
Adjective
ὑπερῷος • (huperōîos) m (feminine ὑπερῴᾱ, neuter ὑπερῷον); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ὑπερῷος huperōîos |
ὑπερῴᾱ huperōíā |
ὑπερῷον huperōîon |
ὑπερῴω huperōíō |
ὑπερῴᾱ huperōíā |
ὑπερῴω huperōíō |
ὑπερῷοι huperōîoi |
ὑπερῷαι huperōîai |
ὑπερῷᾰ huperōîă | |||||
| Genitive | ὑπερῴου huperōíou |
ὑπερῴᾱς huperōíās |
ὑπερῴου huperōíou |
ὑπερῴοιν huperōíoin |
ὑπερῴαιν huperōíain |
ὑπερῴοιν huperōíoin |
ὑπερῴων huperōíōn |
ὑπερῴων huperōíōn |
ὑπερῴων huperōíōn | |||||
| Dative | ὑπερῴῳ huperōíōi |
ὑπερῴᾳ huperōíāi |
ὑπερῴῳ huperōíōi |
ὑπερῴοιν huperōíoin |
ὑπερῴαιν huperōíain |
ὑπερῴοιν huperōíoin |
ὑπερῴοις huperōíois |
ὑπερῴαις huperōíais |
ὑπερῴοις huperōíois | |||||
| Accusative | ὑπερῷον huperōîon |
ὑπερῴᾱν huperōíān |
ὑπερῷον huperōîon |
ὑπερῴω huperōíō |
ὑπερῴᾱ huperōíā |
ὑπερῴω huperōíō |
ὑπερῴους huperōíous |
ὑπερῴᾱς huperōíās |
ὑπερῷᾰ huperōîă | |||||
| Vocative | ὑπερῷε huperōîe |
ὑπερῴᾱ huperōíā |
ὑπερῷον huperōîon |
ὑπερῴω huperōíō |
ὑπερῴᾱ huperōíā |
ὑπερῴω huperōíō |
ὑπερῷοι huperōîoi |
ὑπερῷαι huperōîai |
ὑπερῷᾰ huperōîă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ὑπερῴως huperōíōs |
ὑπερῳότερος huperōióteros |
ὑπερῳότᾰτος huperōiótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ὑπερῷος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press