ὑπόβαθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, under) +‎ βᾰ́θρον (bắthron, “base, pedestal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pó.ba.tʰron/ → /yˈpo.βa.θron/ → /iˈpo.va.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pó.ba.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpo.ba.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.βa.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.va.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpo.va.θron/

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Noun

ὑπόβᾰθρον • (hupóbăthron) n (genitive ὑποβᾰ́θρου); second declension

1. base, anything put under, hence:
   1. footstool
   2. wooden framework to support a couch, a kind of rocking apparatus
   3. keel of a ship
   4. step

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑπόβᾰθρον; τοῦ ὑποβᾰ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑπόβᾰθρον tò hupóbăthron	τὼ ὑποβᾰ́θρω tṑ hupobắthrō	τᾰ̀ ὑπόβᾰθρᾰ tằ hupóbăthră
Genitive	τοῦ ὑποβᾰ́θρου toû hupobắthrou	τοῖν ὑποβᾰ́θροιν toîn hupobắthroin	τῶν ὑποβᾰ́θρων tôn hupobắthrōn
Dative	τῷ ὑποβᾰ́θρῳ tôi hupobắthrōi	τοῖν ὑποβᾰ́θροιν toîn hupobắthroin	τοῖς ὑποβᾰ́θροις toîs hupobắthrois
Accusative	τὸ ὑπόβᾰθρον tò hupóbăthron	τὼ ὑποβᾰ́θρω tṑ hupobắthrō	τᾰ̀ ὑπόβᾰθρᾰ tằ hupóbăthră
Vocative	ὑπόβᾰθρον hupóbăthron	ὑποβᾰ́θρω hupobắthrō	ὑπόβᾰθρᾰ hupóbăthră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑπόβαθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπόβαθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑπόβαθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette