ὕπατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Superlative of ὑπό (hupó, “under”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.pa.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.pa.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pa.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pa.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pa.tos/

Adjective

ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (hŭ́pătos) m (feminine ῠ̔πᾰ́τη, neuter ῠ̔́πᾰτον); first/second declension
ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (hŭ́pătos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔́πᾰτον); second declension

highest, uppermost
1. (of place) at the very top, lowest, furthest
2. (of time) last
3. (of quality) highest, best

Declension

First and second declension of ῠ̔́πᾰτος; ῠ̔πᾰ́τη; ῠ̔́πᾰτον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῠ̔́πᾰτος hŭ́pătos	ῠ̔πᾰ́τη hŭpắtē	ῠ̔́πᾰτον hŭ́păton	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ hŭpắtā	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔́πᾰτοι hŭ́pătoi	ῠ̔́πᾰται hŭ́pătai	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ hŭ́pătă
Genitive	ῠ̔πᾰ́του hŭpắtou	ῠ̔πᾰ́της hŭpắtēs	ῠ̔πᾰ́του hŭpắtou	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hŭpắtoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́ταιν hŭpắtain	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hŭpắtoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́των hŭpắtōn	ῠ̔πᾰ́των hŭpắtōn	ῠ̔πᾰ́των hŭpắtōn
Dative	ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ hŭpắtōi	ῠ̔πᾰ́τῃ hŭpắtēi	ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ hŭpắtōi	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hŭpắtoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́ταιν hŭpắtain	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hŭpắtoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις hŭpắtois	ῠ̔πᾰ́ταις hŭpắtais	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις hŭpắtois
Accusative	ῠ̔́πᾰτον hŭ́păton	ῠ̔πᾰ́την hŭpắtēn	ῠ̔́πᾰτον hŭ́păton	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ hŭpắtā	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τους hŭpắtous	ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱς hŭpắtās	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ hŭ́pătă
Vocative	ῠ̔́πᾰτε hŭ́păte	ῠ̔πᾰ́τη hŭpắtē	ῠ̔́πᾰτον hŭ́păton	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ hŭpắtā	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔́πᾰτοι hŭ́pătoi	ῠ̔́πᾰται hŭ́pătai	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ hŭ́pătă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	—			—			ῠ̔πᾰτώτᾰτος hŭpătṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ῠ̔́πᾰτος; ῠ̔́πᾰτον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῠ̔́πᾰτος hŭ́pătos	ῠ̔́πᾰτον hŭ́păton	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔́πᾰτοι hŭ́pătoi	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ hŭ́pătă
Genitive	ῠ̔πᾰ́του hŭpắtou	ῠ̔πᾰ́του hŭpắtou	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hŭpắtoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hŭpắtoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́των hŭpắtōn	ῠ̔πᾰ́των hŭpắtōn
Dative	ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ hŭpắtōi	ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ hŭpắtōi	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hŭpắtoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hŭpắtoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις hŭpắtois	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις hŭpắtois
Accusative	ῠ̔́πᾰτον hŭ́păton	ῠ̔́πᾰτον hŭ́păton	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τους hŭpắtous	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ hŭ́pătă
Vocative	ῠ̔́πᾰτε hŭ́păte	ῠ̔́πᾰτον hŭ́păton	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hŭpắtō	ῠ̔́πᾰτοι hŭ́pătoi	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ hŭ́pătă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	—		—		ῠ̔πᾰτώτᾰτος hŭpătṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (hŭ́pătos) m (genitive ὑπᾰ́του); second declension

(Koine, Byzantine) consul (a head of government of the Roman Republic)
(Byzantine) hypatos (title conferred by the Byzantine Empire as an honorific)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὕπᾰτος; τοῦ ὑπᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὕπᾰτος ho húpătos	τὼ ὑπᾰ́τω tṑ hupắtō	οἱ ὕπᾰτοι hoi húpătoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὑπᾰ́του toû hupắtou	τοῖν ὑπᾰ́τοιν toîn hupắtoin	τῶν ὑπᾰ́των tôn hupắtōn
Dative	τῷ ὑπᾰ́τῳ tōî hupắtōi	τοῖν ὑπᾰ́τοιν toîn hupắtoin	τοῖς ὑπᾰ́τοις toîs hupắtois
Accusative	τὸν ὕπᾰτον tòn húpăton	τὼ ὑπᾰ́τω tṑ hupắtō	τοὺς ὑπᾰ́τους toùs hupắtous
Vocative	ὕπᾰτε húpăte	ὑπᾰ́τω hupắtō	ὕπᾰτοι húpătoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὑπᾰτείᾱ (hupăteíā)
Ὑπατία (Hupatía)
ὑπᾰτῐκός (hupătĭkós)

Descendants

→ English: hypatos
→ Old Armenian: հիւպատոս (hiwpatos), հիպատոս (hipatos), հիւպատ (hiwpat), հիպատ (hipat), իպատոս (ipatos)
→ Old Georgian: ჳპატოსი (wiṗaṭosi)
→ Russian: ипа́т (ipát)

Ancient Greek

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