ὑστέρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑστερέω (husteréō, “to come late, to lag behind; to fail to obtain, to lack”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix), from ὕστερος (hústeros, “latter, later”) +‎ -έω (-éō, verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hys.té.rɛː.ma/ → /ysˈte.ri.ma/ → /isˈte.ri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hys.té.rɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ysˈte.re̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ysˈte.ri.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ysˈte.ri.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈte.ri.ma/

Noun

ὑστέρημᾰ • (hustérēma) n (genitive ὑστερήμᾰτος); third declension

1. Shortcoming, deficiency, need.

   Synonym: ὑστέρησῐς (hustérēsis)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὑστέρημᾰ; τοῦ ὑστερήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑστέρημᾰ tò hustérēma	τὼ ὑστερήμᾰτε tṑ husterḗmate	τᾰ̀ ὑστερήμᾰτᾰ tà husterḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὑστερήμᾰτος toû husterḗmatos	τοῖν ὑστερημᾰ́τοιν toîn husterēmátoin	τῶν ὑστερημᾰ́των tôn husterēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ὑστερήμᾰτῐ tôi husterḗmati	τοῖν ὑστερημᾰ́τοιν toîn husterēmátoin	τοῖς ὑστερήμᾰσῐ / ὑστερήμᾰσῐν toîs husterḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὑστέρημᾰ tò hustérēma	τὼ ὑστερήμᾰτε tṑ husterḗmate	τᾰ̀ ὑστερήμᾰτᾰ tà husterḗmata
Vocative	ὑστέρημᾰ hustérēma	ὑστερήμᾰτε husterḗmate	ὑστερήμᾰτᾰ husterḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὑστέρημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press