ὑπερθύριον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὑπέρθυρον (hupérthuron)

Etymology

From ὑπερ- (huper-, “over”) +‎ θύρα (thúra, “door”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.per.tʰý.ri.on/ → /y.perˈθy.ri.on/ → /i.perˈθi.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.per.tʰý.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.perˈtʰy.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.perˈθy.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.perˈθy.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.perˈθi.ri.on/

Noun

ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον • (huperthŭ́rĭon) n (genitive ὑπερθῠρῐ́ου); second declension

1. (architecture) lintel of a door or gate

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον; τοῦ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον tò huperthŭ́rĭon	τὼ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω tṑ huperthŭrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ tằ huperthŭ́rĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ου toû huperthŭrĭ́ou	τοῖν ὑπερθῠρῐ́οιν toîn huperthŭrĭ́oin	τῶν ὑπερθῠρῐ́ων tôn huperthŭrĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ῳ tôi huperthŭrĭ́ōi	τοῖν ὑπερθῠρῐ́οιν toîn huperthŭrĭ́oin	τοῖς ὑπερθῠρῐ́οις toîs huperthŭrĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον tò huperthŭ́rĭon	τὼ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω tṑ huperthŭrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ tằ huperthŭ́rĭă
Vocative	ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον huperthŭ́rĭon	ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω huperthŭrĭ́ō	ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ huperthŭ́rĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: υπέρθυρο (ypérthyro)

References

• “ὑπερθύριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπερθύριον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὑπερθύριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette