ὕστατος

ὕστατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”), which would make it cognate with English out.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hýs.ta.tos/ → /ˈys.ta.tos/ → /ˈis.ta.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hýs.ta.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ys.ta.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.ta.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.ta.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ta.tos/

Adjective

ὕστᾰτος • (hústatos) m (feminine ὑστάτη, neuter ὕστᾰτον); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of ῠ̔́στερος (hústeros, “latter; later; behind”) final, latest, last, hindmost

Inflection

First and second declension of ὕστᾰτος; ὑστᾰ́τη; ὕστᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὕστᾰτος hústatos	ὑστᾰ́τη hustátē	ὕστᾰτον hústaton		ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὑστᾰ́τᾱ hustátā	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō		ὕστᾰτοι hústatoi	ὕστᾰται hústatai	ὕστᾰτᾰ hústata
Genitive		ὑστᾰ́του hustátou	ὑστᾰ́της hustátēs	ὑστᾰ́του hustátou		ὑστᾰ́τοιν hustátoin	ὑστᾰ́ταιν hustátain	ὑστᾰ́τοιν hustátoin		ὑστᾰ́των hustátōn	ὑστᾰ́των hustátōn	ὑστᾰ́των hustátōn
Dative		ὑστᾰ́τῳ hustátōi	ὑστᾰ́τῃ hustátēi	ὑστᾰ́τῳ hustátōi		ὑστᾰ́τοιν hustátoin	ὑστᾰ́ταιν hustátain	ὑστᾰ́τοιν hustátoin		ὑστᾰ́τοις hustátois	ὑστᾰ́ταις hustátais	ὑστᾰ́τοις hustátois
Accusative		ὕστᾰτον hústaton	ὑστᾰ́την hustátēn	ὕστᾰτον hústaton		ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὑστᾰ́τᾱ hustátā	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō		ὑστᾰ́τους hustátous	ὑστᾰ́τᾱς hustátās	ὕστᾰτᾰ hústata
Vocative		ὕστᾰτε hústate	ὑστᾰ́τη hustátē	ὕστᾰτον hústaton		ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὑστᾰ́τᾱ hustátā	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō		ὕστᾰτοι hústatoi	ὕστᾰται hústatai	ὕστᾰτᾰ hústata
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὑστᾰ́τως hustátōs				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὕστατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὕστατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὕστατος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὕστατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὕστατος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • concluding idem, page 155.
  • extreme idem, page 298.
  • final idem, page 320.
  • hind idem, page 400.
  • last idem, page 477.
  • latest idem, page 478.
  • valedictory idem, page 942.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1103