ὑποστάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “below, under”) +‎ ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pos.tá.tɛːs/ → /y.posˈta.tis/ → /i.posˈta.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pos.tá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.posˈta.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.posˈta.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.posˈta.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.posˈta.tis/

Noun

ὑποστᾰ́της • (hupostắtēs) m (genitive ὑποστᾰ́του); first declension

1. that which stands under, support, prop
2. one that gives substance, creator

Declension

First declension of ὁ ὑποστᾰ́της; τοῦ ὑποστᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑποστᾰ́της ho hupostắtēs	τὼ ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ hupostắtā	οἱ ὑποστᾰ́ται hoi hupostắtai
Genitive	τοῦ ὑποστᾰ́του toû hupostắtou	τοῖν ὑποστᾰ́ταιν toîn hupostắtain	τῶν ὑποστᾰτῶν tôn hupostătôn
Dative	τῷ ὑποστᾰ́τῃ tôi hupostắtēi	τοῖν ὑποστᾰ́ταιν toîn hupostắtain	τοῖς ὑποστᾰ́ταις toîs hupostắtais
Accusative	τὸν ὑποστᾰ́την tòn hupostắtēn	τὼ ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ hupostắtā	τοὺς ὑποστᾰ́τᾱς toùs hupostắtās
Vocative	ὑποστᾰ́τᾰ hupostắtă	ὑποστᾰ́τᾱ hupostắtā	ὑποστᾰ́ται hupostắtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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