ὑπέκ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὑπέξ (hupéx) — before a vowel

Etymology

ὑπό (hupó) +‎ ἐκ (ek)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pék/ → /yˈpek/ → /iˈpek/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pék/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpek/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpek/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpek/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpek/

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Preposition

ὑπέκ • (hupék) (governs the genitive)

1. (poetic) out from under

Further reading

• “ὑπέκ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὑπέκ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὑπέκ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὑπέκ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press