ὑπόταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔ποτᾰ́σσω (hŭpotắssō, “to place under”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pó.tak.sis/ → /yˈpo.tak.sis/ → /iˈpo.tak.sis/

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

Noun

ῠ̔πότᾰξῐς • (hŭpótăxĭs) f (genitive ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. subjection, submission
2. drawing up of light-armed behind the phalanx
3. (in grammar) postposition

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῠ̔πότᾰξῐς; τῆς ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔πότᾰξῐς hē hŭpótăxĭs	τὼ ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξει tṑ hŭpotắxei	αἱ ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεις hai hŭpotắxeis
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεως tês hŭpotắxeōs	τοῖν ῠ̔ποτᾰξέοιν toîn hŭpotăxéoin	τῶν ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεων tôn hŭpotắxeōn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξει têi hŭpotắxei	τοῖν ῠ̔ποτᾰξέοιν toîn hŭpotăxéoin	ταῖς ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεσῐ / ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs hŭpotắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔πότᾰξῐν tḕn hŭpótăxĭn	τὼ ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξει tṑ hŭpotắxei	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s hŭpotắxeis
Vocative	ῠ̔πότᾰξῐ hŭpótăxĭ	ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξει hŭpotắxei	ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεις hŭpotắxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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