ὕπαξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπᾰ́γω (hupágō, “to lead or bring under”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hý.pak.sis/ → /ˈy.pak.sis/ → /ˈi.pak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.pak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.pak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pak.sis/

Noun

ὕπᾰξῐς • (húpaxis) f (genitive ὑπᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. evacuation, defecation

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ὕπᾰξῐς; τῆς ὑπᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὕπᾰξῐς hē húpaxis	τὼ ὑπᾰ́ξει tṑ hupáxei	αἱ ὑπᾰ́ξεις hai hupáxeis
Genitive	τῆς ὑπᾰ́ξεως tês hupáxeōs	τοῖν ὑπᾰξέοιν toîn hupaxéoin	τῶν ὑπᾰ́ξεων tôn hupáxeōn
Dative	τῇ ὑπᾰ́ξει têi hupáxei	τοῖν ὑπᾰξέοιν toîn hupaxéoin	ταῖς ὑπᾰ́ξεσῐ / ὑπᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs hupáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὕπᾰξῐν tḕn húpaxin	τὼ ὑπᾰ́ξει tṑ hupáxei	τᾱ̀ς ὑπᾰ́ξεις tā̀s hupáxeis
Vocative	ὕπᾰξῐ húpaxi	ὑπᾰ́ξει hupáxei	ὑπᾰ́ξεις hupáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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