ὑπέρπτωχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῠ̔περ- (huper-, “over”) + πτωχός (ptōkhós, poor, beggarly).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pérp.tɔː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈperp.to.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈperp.to.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈperp.to.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈperp.to.xos/
Adjective
ῠ̔πέρπτωχος • (hupérptōkhos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔πέρπτωχον); second declension
- exceedingly poor
Inflection
Second declension of ῠ̔πέρπτωχος; ῠ̔πέρπτωχον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ῠ̔πέρπτωχος hupérptōkhos | ῠ̔πέρπτωχον hupérptōkhon | ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō | ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō | ῠ̔πέρπτωχοι hupérptōkhoi | ῠ̔πέρπτωχᾰ hupérptōkha | ||||||||
Genitive | ῠ̔περπτώχου huperptṓkhou | ῠ̔περπτώχου huperptṓkhou | ῠ̔περπτώχοιν huperptṓkhoin | ῠ̔περπτώχοιν huperptṓkhoin | ῠ̔περπτώχων huperptṓkhōn | ῠ̔περπτώχων huperptṓkhōn | ||||||||
Dative | ῠ̔περπτώχῳ huperptṓkhōi | ῠ̔περπτώχῳ huperptṓkhōi | ῠ̔περπτώχοιν huperptṓkhoin | ῠ̔περπτώχοιν huperptṓkhoin | ῠ̔περπτώχοις huperptṓkhois | ῠ̔περπτώχοις huperptṓkhois | ||||||||
Accusative | ῠ̔πέρπτωχον hupérptōkhon | ῠ̔πέρπτωχον hupérptōkhon | ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō | ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō | ῠ̔περπτώχους huperptṓkhous | ῠ̔πέρπτωχᾰ hupérptōkha | ||||||||
Vocative | ῠ̔πέρπτωχε hupérptōkhe | ῠ̔πέρπτωχον hupérptōkhon | ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō | ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō | ῠ̔πέρπτωχοι hupérptōkhoi | ῠ̔πέρπτωχᾰ hupérptōkha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ῠ̔περπτώχως huperptṓkhōs | ῠ̔περπτωχότερος huperptōkhóteros | ῠ̔περπτωχότᾰτος huperptōkhótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὑπέρπτωχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑπέρπτωχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὑπέρπτωχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette