ὑπέρπτωχος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ῠ̔περ- (huper-, “over”) + πτωχός (ptōkhós, poor, beggarly).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pérp.tɔː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈperp.to.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈperp.to.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈperp.to.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈperp.to.xos/
Adjective
[edit]ῠ̔πέρπτωχος • (hupérptōkhos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔πέρπτωχον); second declension
- exceedingly poor
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ῠ̔πέρπτωχος hupérptōkhos |
ῠ̔πέρπτωχον hupérptōkhon |
ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō |
ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō |
ῠ̔πέρπτωχοι hupérptōkhoi |
ῠ̔πέρπτωχᾰ hupérptōkha | ||||||||
Genitive | ῠ̔περπτώχου huperptṓkhou |
ῠ̔περπτώχου huperptṓkhou |
ῠ̔περπτώχοιν huperptṓkhoin |
ῠ̔περπτώχοιν huperptṓkhoin |
ῠ̔περπτώχων huperptṓkhōn |
ῠ̔περπτώχων huperptṓkhōn | ||||||||
Dative | ῠ̔περπτώχῳ huperptṓkhōi |
ῠ̔περπτώχῳ huperptṓkhōi |
ῠ̔περπτώχοιν huperptṓkhoin |
ῠ̔περπτώχοιν huperptṓkhoin |
ῠ̔περπτώχοις huperptṓkhois |
ῠ̔περπτώχοις huperptṓkhois | ||||||||
Accusative | ῠ̔πέρπτωχον hupérptōkhon |
ῠ̔πέρπτωχον hupérptōkhon |
ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō |
ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō |
ῠ̔περπτώχους huperptṓkhous |
ῠ̔πέρπτωχᾰ hupérptōkha | ||||||||
Vocative | ῠ̔πέρπτωχε hupérptōkhe |
ῠ̔πέρπτωχον hupérptōkhon |
ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō |
ῠ̔περπτώχω huperptṓkhō |
ῠ̔πέρπτωχοι hupérptōkhoi |
ῠ̔πέρπτωχᾰ hupérptōkha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ῠ̔περπτώχως huperptṓkhōs |
ῠ̔περπτωχότερος huperptōkhóteros |
ῠ̔περπτωχότᾰτος huperptōkhótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “ὑπέρπτωχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑπέρπτωχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὑπέρπτωχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette