ὑπήκοον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ῠ̔πήκοος (hŭpḗkoos, “hearkening”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pɛ̌ː.ko.on/ → /yˈpi.ko.on/ → /iˈpi.ko.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pɛ̌ː.ko.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpe̝.ko.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpi.ko.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpi.ko.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpi.ko.on/

Noun

ῠ̔πήκοον • (hŭpḗkoon) n (genitive ῠ̔πηκόου); second declension

1. horned cummin (Hypecoum procumbens)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ῠ̔πήκοον; τοῦ ῠ̔πηκόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῠ̔πήκοον tò hŭpḗkoon	τὼ ῠ̔πηκόω tṑ hŭpēkóō	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔πήκοᾰ tằ hŭpḗkoă
Genitive	τοῦ ῠ̔πηκόου toû hŭpēkóou	τοῖν ῠ̔πηκόοιν toîn hŭpēkóoin	τῶν ῠ̔πηκόων tôn hŭpēkóōn
Dative	τῷ ῠ̔πηκόῳ tôi hŭpēkóōi	τοῖν ῠ̔πηκόοιν toîn hŭpēkóoin	τοῖς ῠ̔πηκόοις toîs hŭpēkóois
Accusative	τὸ ῠ̔πήκοον tò hŭpḗkoon	τὼ ῠ̔πηκόω tṑ hŭpēkóō	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔πήκοᾰ tằ hŭpḗkoă
Vocative	ῠ̔πήκοον hŭpḗkoon	ῠ̔πηκόω hŭpēkóō	ῠ̔πήκοᾰ hŭpḗkoă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Hypecoum

Adjective

ῠ̔πήκοον • (hŭpḗkoon)

1. inflection of ῠ̔πήκοος (hŭpḗkoos):
   1. neuter nominative/vocative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular

Further reading

• “ὑπήκοον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑπήκοον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette