ὑπερῴα

See also: ὑπερῷα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὑπερῴη (huperṓiē) — Ionic
• ὑπερῷᾰ (huperôia)

Etymology

Substantivization of the feminine form of ὑπερῷος (huperôios, “upstairs, pertaining to the upper floor”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pe.rɔ̌ːi̯.aː/ → /y.peˈro.a/ → /i.peˈro.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pe.rɔ̌ːi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.peˈro.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.peˈro.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.peˈro.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.peˈro.a/

Noun

ῠ̔περῴᾱ • (huperṓiā) f (genitive ῠ̔περῴᾱς); first declension

1. (anatomy) palate, roof of the mouth

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔περῴᾱ; τῆς ῠ̔περῴᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔περῴᾱ hē huperṓiā	τὼ ῠ̔περῴᾱ tṑ huperṓiā	αἱ ῠ̔περῷαι hai huperôiai
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔περῴᾱς tês huperṓiās	τοῖν ῠ̔περῴαιν toîn huperṓiain	τῶν ῠ̔περῳῶν tôn huperōiôn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔περῴᾳ têi huperṓiāi	τοῖν ῠ̔περῴαιν toîn huperṓiain	ταῖς ῠ̔περῴαις taîs huperṓiais
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔περῴᾱν tḕn huperṓiān	τὼ ῠ̔περῴᾱ tṑ huperṓiā	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔περῴᾱς tā̀s huperṓiās
Vocative	ῠ̔περῴᾱ huperṓiā	ῠ̔περῴᾱ huperṓiā	ῠ̔περῷαι huperôiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑπερῴα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press