ὑπόθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔ποτῐ́θημῐ (hŭpotĭ́thēmĭ, “I place under, set before, suggest”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs), from ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “below”) + τῐ́θημῐ (tĭ́thēmĭ, “to put, place”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔πόθεσῐς • (hŭpóthesĭs) f (genitive ῠ̔ποθέσεως); third declension

  1. proposal, proposed action; policy, intention
    1. suggestion, advice
    2. purpose
    3. occasion, excuse, pretext
    4. actor's role
    5. function, occupation, station
  2. subject proposed for discussion
    1. lawsuit, legal case
    2. subject, topic
    3. speech
    4. play, pantomime
  3. supposition, assumption, hypothesis
    1. presupposition
    2. premise
    3. starting point
    4. raw material
  4. mortgage
  5. placing under
    1. base (thing placed under another)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῠ̔πόθεσῐς; τῆς ῠ̔ποθέσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῠ̔πόθεσῐς
hē hŭpóthesĭs 		τὼ ῠ̔ποθέσει
tṑ hŭpothései 		αἱ ῠ̔ποθέσεις
hai hŭpothéseis
Genitive τῆς ῠ̔ποθέσεως
tês hŭpothéseōs 		τοῖν ῠ̔ποθεσέοιν
toîn hŭpotheséoin 		τῶν ῠ̔ποθέσεων
tôn hŭpothéseōn
Dative τῇ ῠ̔ποθέσει
tēî hŭpothései 		τοῖν ῠ̔ποθεσέοιν
toîn hŭpotheséoin 		ταῖς ῠ̔ποθέσεσῐ / ῠ̔ποθέσεσῐν
taîs hŭpothésesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ῠ̔πόθεσῐν
tḕn hŭpóthesĭn 		τὼ ῠ̔ποθέσει
tṑ hŭpothései 		τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔ποθέσεις
tā̀s hŭpothéseis
Vocative ῠ̔πόθεσῐ
hŭpóthesĭ 		ῠ̔ποθέσει
hŭpothései 		ῠ̔ποθέσεις
hŭpothéseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: υπόθεση f (ypóthesi)
  • → Latin: hypothesis (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: гипо́теза f (gipóteza)

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