ὕπαξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (húpăxĭs) 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 húpăxĭs	τὼ ὑπᾰ́ξει tṑ hupắxei	αἱ ὑπᾰ́ξεις hai hupắxeis
Genitive	τῆς ὑπᾰ́ξεως tês hupắxeōs	τοῖν ὑπᾰξέοιν toîn hupăxéoin	τῶν ὑπᾰ́ξεων tôn hupắxeōn
Dative	τῇ ὑπᾰ́ξει têi hupắxei	τοῖν ὑπᾰξέοιν toîn hupăxéoin	ταῖς ὑπᾰ́ξεσῐ / ὑπᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs hupắxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὕπᾰξῐν tḕn húpăxĭn	τὼ ὑπᾰ́ξει tṑ hupắxei	τᾱ̀ς ὑπᾰ́ξεις tā̀s hupắxeis
Vocative	ὕπᾰξῐ húpăxĭ	ὑπᾰ́ξει hupắxei	ὑπᾰ́ξεις hupắxeis
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