ὑπόθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποτίθημι (hupotithēmi, “I set before, suggest”), from ὑπό (upo, “below”) + τίθημι (tithēmi, “I put, place”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hypótʰesis/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hypótʰɛsis/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ypóθesis/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ypóθesis/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ipóθesis/

Noun

ὑπόθεσις (genitive ὑποθέσεως) f, third declension; (hupothesis)

1. proposal
2. suggestion, advice
3. purpose
4. occasion, excuse, pretext
5. actor's role
6. function, occupation, station
7. 1. subject proposed for discussion
   2. lawsuit, legal case
   3. subject, topic
   4. speech
   5. play, pantomime
8. supposition, assumption, hypothesis
9. 1. presupposition
   2. premise
   3. starting point
   4. raw material
   5. mortgage
10. placing under
    1. base (thing placed under another)

Inflection

Third declension of ὑπόθεσῐς, ὑποθέσεως

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὑπόθεσῐς	ὑποθέσει	ὑποθέσεις
Genitive	ὑποθέσεως	ὑποθεσέοιν	ὑποθέσεων
Dative	ὑποθέσει	ὑποθεσέοιν	ὑποθέσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ὑπόθεσῐν	ὑποθέσει	ὑποθέσεις
Vocative	ὑπόθεσῐ	ὑποθέσει	ὑποθέσεις

Third declension of ὑπόθεσῐς, ὑποθέσιος (Ionic, Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὑπόθεσῐς	ὑποθέσιε	ὑποθέσιες
Genitive	ὑποθέσιος	ὑποθεσίοιν	ὑποθεσίων
Dative	ὑποθέσῑ, ὑποθέσει	ὑποθεσίοιν	ὑποθέσῐσῐ(ν), ὑποθεσίεσῐ(ν), ὑποθέσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ὑπόθεσῐν	ὑποθέσιε	ὑποθέσῑς, ὑποθέσιᾰς
Vocative	ὑπόθεσῐ	ὑποθέσιε	ὑποθέσιες

Descendants

• Greek: υπόθεση (ypóthesi) f
• Russian: гипо́теза (gipóteza) f

References

• LSJ