ὑπόζωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποζώννῡμι (hupozṓnnūmi, “to undergird; brace a ship”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.póz.dɔː.ma/ → /yˈpo.zo.ma/ → /iˈpo.zo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.póz.dɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpo.zo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.zo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.zo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpo.zo.ma/

Noun

ὑπόζωμᾰ • (hupózōma) n (genitive ὑποζώμᾰτος); third declension

1. (anatomy) diaphragm, midriff

   Synonym: δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ (diáphragma)

2. (in insects) division between thorax and abdomen
3. (in the plural) ropes or braces used to strengthen the hull of a trireme

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ; τοῦ ὑποζώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ tò hupózōma	τὼ ὑποζώμᾰτε tṑ hupozṓmate	τᾰ̀ ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ tà hupozṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὑποζώμᾰτος toû hupozṓmatos	τοῖν ὑποζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupozōmátoin	τῶν ὑποζωμᾰ́των tôn hupozōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ὑποζώμᾰτῐ tôi hupozṓmati	τοῖν ὑποζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupozōmátoin	τοῖς ὑποζώμᾰσῐ / ὑποζώμᾰσῐν toîs hupozṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ tò hupózōma	τὼ ὑποζώμᾰτε tṑ hupozṓmate	τᾰ̀ ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ tà hupozṓmata
Vocative	ὑπόζωμᾰ hupózōma	ὑποζώμᾰτε hupozṓmate	ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ hupozṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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