ὑπήκοος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὑπακούω (hupakoúō) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ῠ̔πήκοος • (hŭpḗkoos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔πήκοον); second declension

1. listening [with dative ‘to someone’]
2. subject, obedient [with genitive or dative ‘to someone’]

Declension

Second declension of ῠ̔πήκοος; ῠ̔πήκοον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔πήκοος hŭpḗkoos	ῠ̔πήκοον hŭpḗkoon		ῠ̔πηκόω hŭpēkóō	ῠ̔πηκόω hŭpēkóō		ῠ̔πήκοοι hŭpḗkooi	ῠ̔πήκοᾰ hŭpḗkoă
Genitive		ῠ̔πηκόου hŭpēkóou	ῠ̔πηκόου hŭpēkóou		ῠ̔πηκόοιν hŭpēkóoin	ῠ̔πηκόοιν hŭpēkóoin		ῠ̔πηκόων hŭpēkóōn	ῠ̔πηκόων hŭpēkóōn
Dative		ῠ̔πηκόῳ hŭpēkóōi	ῠ̔πηκόῳ hŭpēkóōi		ῠ̔πηκόοιν hŭpēkóoin	ῠ̔πηκόοιν hŭpēkóoin		ῠ̔πηκόοις hŭpēkóois	ῠ̔πηκόοις hŭpēkóois
Accusative		ῠ̔πήκοον hŭpḗkoon	ῠ̔πήκοον hŭpḗkoon		ῠ̔πηκόω hŭpēkóō	ῠ̔πηκόω hŭpēkóō		ῠ̔πηκόους hŭpēkóous	ῠ̔πήκοᾰ hŭpḗkoă
Vocative		ῠ̔πήκοε hŭpḗkoe	ῠ̔πήκοον hŭpḗkoon		ῠ̔πηκόω hŭpēkóō	ῠ̔πηκόω hŭpēkóō		ῠ̔πήκοοι hŭpḗkooi	ῠ̔πήκοᾰ hŭpḗkoă
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑπήκοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπήκοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers