ὑποστάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπο- (hupo-, “below, under”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pos.tá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.posˈta.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.posˈta.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.posˈta.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.posˈta.tis/
Noun
ὑποστᾰ́της • (hupostátēs) m (genitive ὑποστᾰ́του); first declension
- that which stands under, support, prop
- one that gives substance, creator
Declension
First declension of ὁ ὑποστᾰ́της; τοῦ ὑποστᾰ́του (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὑποστᾰ́της ho hupostátēs | τὼ ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ hupostátā | οἱ ὑποστᾰ́ται hoi hupostátai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὑποστᾰ́του toû hupostátou | τοῖν ὑποστᾰ́ταιν toîn hupostátain | τῶν ὑποστᾰτῶν tôn hupostatôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὑποστᾰ́τῃ tôi hupostátēi | τοῖν ὑποστᾰ́ταιν toîn hupostátain | τοῖς ὑποστᾰ́ταις toîs hupostátais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὑποστᾰ́την tòn hupostátēn | τὼ ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ hupostátā | τοὺς ὑποστᾰ́τᾱς toùs hupostátās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὑποστᾰ́τᾰ hupostáta | ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ hupostátā | ὑποστᾰ́ται hupostátai | ||||||||||
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References
- “ὑποστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑποστάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette