ὑποσπαδίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + σπάω (spáō, “I draw, I pull”) + -ίας (-ías, suffix to form a masculine noun).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pos.pa.dí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.pos.paˈdi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.pos.paˈði.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.pos.paˈði.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.pos.paˈði.as/
Noun
ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς • (hupospadíās) m (genitive ὑποσπᾰδίου); first declension
- (medicine) one who has the orifice of the urethra too low
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς; τοῦ ὑποσπᾰδίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς ho hupospadíās | τὼ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ tṑ hupospadíā | οἱ ὑποσπᾰδίαι hoi hupospadíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὑποσπᾰδίου toû hupospadíou | τοῖν ὑποσπᾰδίαιν toîn hupospadíain | τῶν ὑποσπᾰδιῶν tôn hupospadiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὑποσπᾰδίᾳ tôi hupospadíāi | ὑποσπᾰδίαιν hupospadíain | τοῖς ὑποσπᾰδίαις toîs hupospadíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὑποσπᾰδίᾱν tòn hupospadíān | ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ hupospadíā | τοὺς ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς toùs hupospadíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ hupospadíā | ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ hupospadíā | ὑποσπᾰδίαι hupospadíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: υποσπαδίας (ypospadías)
- → English: hypospadias
Further reading
- ὑποσπαδίας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press