ὑποστάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπο- (hupo-, “below, under”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pos.tá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.posˈta.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.posˈta.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.posˈta.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.posˈta.tis/
Noun
ὑποστᾰ́της • (hupostắtēs) m (genitive ὑποστᾰ́του); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὑποστᾰ́της ho hupostắtēs |
τὼ ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ hupostắtā |
οἱ ὑποστᾰ́ται hoi hupostắtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὑποστᾰ́του toû hupostắtou |
τοῖν ὑποστᾰ́ταιν toîn hupostắtain |
τῶν ὑποστᾰτῶν tôn hupostătôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὑποστᾰ́τῃ tōî hupostắtēi |
τοῖν ὑποστᾰ́ταιν toîn hupostắtain |
τοῖς ὑποστᾰ́ταις toîs hupostắtais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὑποστᾰ́την tòn hupostắtēn |
τὼ ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ hupostắtā |
τοὺς ὑποστᾰ́τᾱς toùs hupostắtās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὑποστᾰ́τᾰ hupostắtă |
ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ hupostắtā |
ὑποστᾰ́ται hupostắtai | ||||||||||
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References
- “ὑποστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑποστάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette