ὑπόκειμαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ κεῖμαι (keîmai, “lie”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pó.keː.mai̯/ → /yˈpo.ci.mɛ/ → /iˈpo.ci.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pó.keː.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpo.ki.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.ci.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.ci.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpo.ci.me/

Verb

ῠ̔πόκειμαι • (hupókeimai)

1. to lie under
   1. (of places) to lie below
2. (various metaphoric senses)
   1. to be put under the eyes, to be submitted or proposed to one
   2. to be laid down as a ground of argument, to be assumed as a hypothesis
   3. to be suggested
   4. to be left at bottom, left remaining, reserved
   5. to be subject, to submit to, to bow down before, be submissive
   6. to be subject to, liable to
   7. to be left behind in pledge, to be pledged, mortgaged
   8. (philosophy) to underlie in thought
   9. (logic) to be subject or subordinate to
      1. (adjectival use) the subject matter
      2. (participle, τὸ ὑποκείμενον) the subject or a proposition (the predicate being τὸ κατηγορούμενον (tò katēgoroúmenon))
   10. (grammar) the present tense

Usage notes

Ὑπόκειμαι is used as the passive counterpart of ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi).

Inflection

   Present: ὑπόκειμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ὑπόκειμαι	ὑπόκεισαι	ὑπόκειται	-	-	-	-	ὑπόκεινται
	subjunctive	-	-	ὑποκέηται	-	-	-	-	-
	optative	ὑποκεοίμην	-	ὑποκέοιτο	-	-	-	-	ὑποκέοιντο
	imperative		ὑπόκεισο	ὑποκείσθω	-	-		-	-
infinitive						ὑπόκεισθαι
participle	m					ὑποκείμενος
	f					ὑποκειμένη
	n					ὑποκείμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ὑπεκείμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ὑπεκείμην	-	ὑπέκειτο	-	-	-	-	-
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ὑποκείσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ὑποκείσομαι	ὑποκείσῃ, ὑποκείσει	ὑποκείσεται	ὑποκείσεσθον	ὑποκείσεσθον	ὑποκεισόμεθᾰ	ὑποκείσεσθε	ὑποκείσονται
	optative	ὑποκεισοίμην	ὑποκείσοιο	ὑποκείσοιτο	ὑποκείσοισθον	ὑποκεισοίσθην	ὑποκεισοίμεθᾰ	ὑποκείσοισθε	ὑποκείσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ὑποκείσεσθαι
participle	m				ὑποκεισόμενος
	f				ὑποκεισομένη
	n				ὑποκεισόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

• (to be proposed): πρόκειμαι (prókeimai)

Derived terms

• ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon)

Further reading

• “ὑπόκειμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπόκειμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑπόκειμαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ὑπόκειμαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter