Ὑπατία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕπατος (húpatos, “highest, best”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /y.paˈti.a/ → /i.paˈti.a/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.paˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.paˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.paˈti.a/

Proper noun

Ὑπατῐ́ᾱ • (Hupatíā) f (genitive Ὑπατῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Hypatia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὑπατῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ὑπατῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὑπατῐ́ᾱ hē Hupatíā
Genitive	τῆς Ὑπατῐ́ᾱς tês Hupatíās
Dative	τῇ Ὑπατῐ́ᾳ têi Hupatíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ὑπατῐ́ᾱν tḕn Hupatíān
Vocative	Ὑπατῐ́ᾱ Hupatíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Υπατία (Ypatía)
• Latin: Hypatia

Further reading

• Ὑπατία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette