ἀνθύπατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (ăntĭ-, “before”) +‎ ῠ̔́πᾰτος (hŭ́pătos, “consul”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tʰý.pa.tos/ → /anˈθy.pa.tos/ → /anˈθi.pa.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tʰý.pa.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈtʰy.pa.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈθy.pa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈθy.pa.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈθi.pa.tos/

Noun

ᾰ̓νθῠ́πᾰτος • (ănthŭ́pătos) m (genitive ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́του); second declension

1. proconsul
2. (as an adjective) proconsular

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓νθῠ́πᾰτος; τοῦ ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓νθῠ́πᾰτος ho ănthŭ́pătos	τὼ ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́τω tṑ ănthŭpắtō	οἱ ᾰ̓νθῠ́πᾰτοι hoi ănthŭ́pătoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́του toû ănthŭpắtou	τοῖν ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́τοιν toîn ănthŭpắtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́των tôn ănthŭpắtōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́τῳ tôi ănthŭpắtōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́τοιν toîn ănthŭpắtoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́τοις toîs ănthŭpắtois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓νθῠ́πᾰτον tòn ănthŭ́păton	τὼ ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́τω tṑ ănthŭpắtō	τοὺς ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́τους toùs ănthŭpắtous
Vocative	ᾰ̓νθῠ́πᾰτε ănthŭ́păte	ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰ́τω ănthŭpắtō	ᾰ̓νθῠ́πᾰτοι ănthŭ́pătoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰτείᾱ (ănthŭpăteíā)
• ᾰ̓νθῠπᾰτῐκός (ănthŭpătĭkós)

Descendants

• ανθύπατος m (anthýpatos)

References

• “ἀνθύπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνθύπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνθύπατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνθύπατος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G446 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀνθύπατος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • proconsul idem, page 644.