ὑποθήκη

See also: υποθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the verb ῠ̔ποτῐ́θημῐ (hupotíthēmi, “put down, pledge”). Morphologically, from ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, holster”). Other suggestion, from ὀπτῐκός (optikós, “of or for sight”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.po.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /y.poˈθi.ci/ → /i.poˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.po.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.poˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.poˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.poˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.poˈθi.ci/

Noun

ῠ̔ποθήκη • (hupothḗkē) f (genitive ῠ̔ποθήκης); first declension

1. suggestion, counsel, warning

   Χείρωνος ὑποθῆκαι ― Kheírōnos hupothêkai ― The Precepts of Chiron

2. (law) pledge, deposit, mortgage

   Synonym: ῥύσιον (rhúsion)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔ποθήκη; τῆς ῠ̔ποθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔ποθήκη hē hupothḗkē	τὼ ῠ̔ποθήκᾱ tṑ hupothḗkā	αἱ ῠ̔ποθῆκαι hai hupothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔ποθήκης tês hupothḗkēs	τοῖν ῠ̔ποθήκαιν toîn hupothḗkain	τῶν ῠ̔ποθηκῶν tôn hupothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔ποθήκῃ têi hupothḗkēi	τοῖν ῠ̔ποθήκαιν toîn hupothḗkain	ταῖς ῠ̔ποθήκαις taîs hupothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔ποθήκην tḕn hupothḗkēn	τὼ ῠ̔ποθήκᾱ tṑ hupothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔ποθήκᾱς tā̀s hupothḗkās
Vocative	ῠ̔ποθήκη hupothḗkē	ῠ̔ποθήκᾱ hupothḗkā	ῠ̔ποθῆκαι hupothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: hypothēca
• Catalan: hipoteca
• Czech: hypotéka
• Dutch: hypotheek
• English: hypothec
• French: hypothèque
• German: Hypothek
• Italian: ipoteca
• Portuguese: hipoteca
• Romanian: ipotecă
• Russian: ипотека (ipoteka)
• Spanish: hipoteca

References

• “ὑποθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑποθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • deposit idem, page 212.
  • hint idem, page 400.
  • mortgage idem, page 542.
  • pledge idem, page 620.
  • security idem, page 747.
  • suggestion idem, page 836.
• “ὑποθήκη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011