ὑπερφρόνησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπερφρονέω (huperphronéō, “to be over-proud”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.per.pʰró.nɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.perˈpʰro.ne̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.perˈɸro.ni.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.perˈfro.ni.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.perˈfro.ni.sis/
Noun
ὑπερφρόνησῐς • (huperphrónēsis) f (genitive ὑπερφρονήσεως); third declension
- contempt, disdain
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ὑπερφρόνησῐς; τῆς ὑπερφρονήσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὑπερφρόνησῐς hē huperphrónēsis | τὼ ὑπερφρονήσει tṑ huperphronḗsei | αἱ ὑπερφρονήσεις hai huperphronḗseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὑπερφρονήσεως tês huperphronḗseōs | τοῖν ὑπερφρονησέοιν toîn huperphronēséoin | τῶν ὑπερφρονήσεων tôn huperphronḗseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὑπερφρονήσει têi huperphronḗsei | τοῖν ὑπερφρονησέοιν toîn huperphronēséoin | ταῖς ὑπερφρονήσεσῐ / ὑπερφρονήσεσῐν taîs huperphronḗsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὑπερφρόνησῐν tḕn huperphrónēsin | τὼ ὑπερφρονήσει tṑ huperphronḗsei | τᾱ̀ς ὑπερφρονήσεις tā̀s huperphronḗseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὑπερφρόνησῐ huperphrónēsi | ὑπερφρονήσει huperphronḗsei | ὑπερφρονήσεις huperphronḗseis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὑπερφρόνησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑπερφρόνησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette