ὑπόζωμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑποζώννῡμι (hupozṓnnūmi, “to undergird; brace a ship”) + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pó.zɔː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈpo.zo.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈpo.zo.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈpo.zo.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈpo.zo.ma/
Noun
ὑπόζωμᾰ • (hupózōma) n (genitive ὑποζώμᾰτος); third declension
- (anatomy) diaphragm, midriff
- Synonym: δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ (diáphragma)
- (in insects) division between thorax and abdomen
- (in the plural) ropes or braces used to strengthen the hull of a trireme
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ; τοῦ ὑποζώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ tò hupózōma | τὼ ὑποζώμᾰτε tṑ hupozṓmate | τᾰ̀ ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ tà hupozṓmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὑποζώμᾰτος toû hupozṓmatos | τοῖν ὑποζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupozōmátoin | τῶν ὑποζωμᾰ́των tôn hupozōmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὑποζώμᾰτῐ tôi hupozṓmati | τοῖν ὑποζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupozōmátoin | τοῖς ὑποζώμᾰσῐ / ὑποζώμᾰσῐν toîs hupozṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ tò hupózōma | τὼ ὑποζώμᾰτε tṑ hupozṓmate | τᾰ̀ ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ tà hupozṓmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὑπόζωμᾰ hupózōma | ὑποζώμᾰτε hupozṓmate | ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ hupozṓmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὑπόζωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑπόζωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὑπόζωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette