ὑπέρυθρος

ὑπέρυθρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “under, beneath”) +‎ ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pé.ry.tʰros/ → /yˈpe.ry.θros/ → /iˈpe.ri.θros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pé.ry.tʰros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpe.ry.tʰros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpe.ry.θros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpe.ry.θros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpe.ri.θros/

Adjective

ὑπέρῠθρος • (hupéruthros) m or f (neuter ὑπέρῠθρον); second declension

1. reddish

Inflection

Second declension of ὑπέρῠθρος; ὑπέρῠθρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὑπέρῠθρος hupéruthros	ὑπέρῠθρον hupéruthron		ὑπερῠ́θρω huperúthrō	ὑπερῠ́θρω huperúthrō		ὑπέρῠθροι hupéruthroi	ὑπέρῠθρᾰ hupéruthra
Genitive		ὑπερῠ́θρου huperúthrou	ὑπερῠ́θρου huperúthrou		ὑπερῠ́θροιν huperúthroin	ὑπερῠ́θροιν huperúthroin		ὑπερῠ́θρων huperúthrōn	ὑπερῠ́θρων huperúthrōn
Dative		ὑπερῠ́θρῳ huperúthrōi	ὑπερῠ́θρῳ huperúthrōi		ὑπερῠ́θροιν huperúthroin	ὑπερῠ́θροιν huperúthroin		ὑπερῠ́θροις huperúthrois	ὑπερῠ́θροις huperúthrois
Accusative		ὑπέρῠθρον hupéruthron	ὑπέρῠθρον hupéruthron		ὑπερῠ́θρω huperúthrō	ὑπερῠ́θρω huperúthrō		ὑπερῠ́θρους huperúthrous	ὑπέρῠθρᾰ hupéruthra
Vocative		ὑπέρῠθρε hupéruthre	ὑπέρῠθρον hupéruthron		ὑπερῠ́θρω huperúthrō	ὑπερῠ́θρω huperúthrō		ὑπέρῠθροι hupéruthroi	ὑπέρῠθρᾰ hupéruthra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὑπερῠ́θρως huperúthrōs			ὑπερῠθρότερος huperuthróteros			ὑπερῠθρότᾰτος huperuthrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑπέρυθρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑπέρυθρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette