ὑποστάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “below, under”) +‎ ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pos.tá.tɛːs/ → /y.posˈta.tis/ → /i.posˈta.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pos.tá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.posˈta.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.posˈta.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.posˈta.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.posˈta.tis/

Noun

ὑποστᾰ́της • (hupostátēs) m (genitive ὑποστᾰ́του); first declension

1. that which stands under, support, prop
2. one that gives substance, creator

Declension

First declension of ὁ ὑποστᾰ́της; τοῦ ὑποστᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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