ὑπόδημα

See also: υπόδημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποδέω (hupodéō, “to bind underneath”) +‎ -μα (-ma) (these were fastened to the feet with straps).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔πόδημᾰ • (hŭpódēmă) n (genitive ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. A sandal or shoe, any kind of footwear
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 15.369:
      ποσὶν δ᾽ ὑποδήματα δοῦσα
      posìn d’ hupodḗmata doûsa
      when she had given me shoes beneath my feet

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῠ̔πόδημᾰ; τοῦ ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ῠ̔πόδημᾰ
tò hŭpódēmă 		τὼ ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτε
tṑ hŭpodḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτᾰ
tằ hŭpodḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτος
toû hŭpodḗmătos 		τοῖν ῠ̔ποδημᾰ́τοιν
toîn hŭpodēmắtoin 		τῶν ῠ̔ποδημᾰ́των
tôn hŭpodēmắtōn
Dative τῷ ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτῐ
tōî hŭpodḗmătĭ 		τοῖν ῠ̔ποδημᾰ́τοιν
toîn hŭpodēmắtoin 		τοῖς ῠ̔ποδήμᾰσῐ / ῠ̔ποδήμᾰσῐν
toîs hŭpodḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ῠ̔πόδημᾰ
tò hŭpódēmă 		τὼ ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτε
tṑ hŭpodḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτᾰ
tằ hŭpodḗmătă
Vocative ῠ̔πόδημᾰ
hŭpódēmă 		ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτε
hŭpodḗmăte 		ῠ̔ποδήμᾰτᾰ
hŭpodḗmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: υπόδημα (ypódima)

Further reading

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