ὑπερφρόνησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπερφρονέω (huperphronéō, “to be over-proud”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.per.pʰró.nɛː.sis/ → /y.perˈɸro.ni.sis/ → /i.perˈfro.ni.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.per.pʰró.nɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.perˈpʰro.ne̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.perˈɸro.ni.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.perˈfro.ni.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.perˈfro.ni.sis/

Noun

ὑπερφρόνησῐς • (huperphrónēsis) f (genitive ὑπερφρονήσεως); third declension

1. contempt, disdain

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ὑπερφρόνησῐς; τῆς ὑπερφρονήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὑπερφρόνησῐς hē huperphrónēsis	τὼ ὑπερφρονήσει tṑ huperphronḗsei	αἱ ὑπερφρονήσεις hai huperphronḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ὑπερφρονήσεως tês huperphronḗseōs	τοῖν ὑπερφρονησέοιν toîn huperphronēséoin	τῶν ὑπερφρονήσεων tôn huperphronḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ὑπερφρονήσει têi huperphronḗsei	τοῖν ὑπερφρονησέοιν toîn huperphronēséoin	ταῖς ὑπερφρονήσεσῐ / ὑπερφρονήσεσῐν taîs huperphronḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὑπερφρόνησῐν tḕn huperphrónēsin	τὼ ὑπερφρονήσει tṑ huperphronḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ὑπερφρονήσεις tā̀s huperphronḗseis
Vocative	ὑπερφρόνησῐ huperphrónēsi	ὑπερφρονήσει huperphronḗsei	ὑπερφρονήσεις huperphronḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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