ὑποσπαδίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ σπάω (spáō, “I draw, I pull”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, suffix to form a masculine noun).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pos.pa.dí.aːs/ → /y.pos.paˈði.as/ → /i.pos.paˈði.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pos.pa.dí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.pos.paˈdi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.pos.paˈði.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.pos.paˈði.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pos.paˈði.as/

Noun

ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς • (hupospădíās) m (genitive ὑποσπᾰδίου); first declension

1. (medicine) one who has the orifice of the urethra too low

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς; τοῦ ὑποσπᾰδίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς ho hupospădíās	τὼ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ tṑ hupospădíā	οἱ ὑποσπᾰδίαι hoi hupospădíai
Genitive	τοῦ ὑποσπᾰδίου toû hupospădíou	τοῖν ὑποσπᾰδίαιν toîn hupospădíain	τῶν ὑποσπᾰδιῶν tôn hupospădiôn
Dative	τῷ ὑποσπᾰδίᾳ tôi hupospădíāi	τοῖν ὑποσπᾰδίαιν toîn hupospădíain	τοῖς ὑποσπᾰδίαις toîs hupospădíais
Accusative	τὸν ὑποσπᾰδίᾱν tòn hupospădíān	τὼ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ tṑ hupospădíā	τοὺς ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς toùs hupospădíās
Vocative	ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ hupospădíā	ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ hupospădíā	ὑποσπᾰδίαι hupospădíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: υποσπαδίας (ypospadías)
• → English: hypospadias

Further reading

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