ὑπόστασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὑφίστημι (huphístēmi) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Noun

ὑπόστασις • (hupóstasisf (genitive ὑπόστασεως); third declension

  1. foundation, base
  2. assurance, support
  3. subject-matter
  4. sediment
  5. (philosophy) essence, real nature
  6. (theology) hypostasis

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: hypostasis
  • French: hypostase
  • German: Hypostase
  • Greek: υπόσταση (ypóstasi)
  • Italian: ipostasi
  • Russian: ипоста́сь (ipostásʹ)
  • Swedish: hypostas