ὑπόστρωμα

See also: υπόστρωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποστρώννυμι (hupostrṓnnumi) +‎ -μα (-ma), alternative spelling of ὑποστορέννυμι (hupostorénnumi, “spread under”) (from ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “beneath, under”) +‎ στορέννυμι (storénnumi, “spread, strew”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pós.trɔː.ma/ → /yˈpos.tro.ma/ → /iˈpos.tro.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pós.trɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpos.tro.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpos.tro.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpos.tro.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpos.tro.ma/

Noun

ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ • (hŭpóstrōmă) n (genitive ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is spread beneath: bed, bedding, litter

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ; τοῦ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ tò hŭpóstrōmă	τὼ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτε tṑ hŭpostrṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτᾰ tằ hŭpostrṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτος toû hŭpostrṓmătos	τοῖν ῠ̔ποστρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hŭpostrōmắtoin	τῶν ῠ̔ποστρωμᾰ́των tôn hŭpostrōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτῐ tôi hŭpostrṓmătĭ	τοῖν ῠ̔ποστρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hŭpostrōmắtoin	τοῖς ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰσῐ / ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰσῐν toîs hŭpostrṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ tò hŭpóstrōmă	τὼ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτε tṑ hŭpostrṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτᾰ tằ hŭpostrṓmătă
Vocative	ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ hŭpóstrōmă	ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτε hŭpostrṓmăte	ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτᾰ hŭpostrṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: υπόστρωμα (ypóstroma)

Further reading

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