ὑπέρτερος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ὑπέρ (hupér) + -τερος (-teros).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pér.te.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈper.te.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈper.te.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈper.te.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈper.te.ros/
Adjective
editὑπέρτερος • (hupérteros) m (feminine ὑπερτέρᾱ, neuter ὑπέρτερον); first/second declension
- upper, outer
- higher, nobler, more excellent
- stronger, mightier
- victorious or triumphant [with genitive ‘over’]
- further
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὑ̆πέρτερος hupérteros |
ὑ̆περτέρᾱ hupertérā |
ὑ̆πέρτερον hupérteron |
ὑ̆περτέρω hupertérō |
ὑ̆περτέρᾱ hupertérā |
ὑ̆περτέρω hupertérō |
ὑ̆πέρτεροι hupérteroi |
ὑ̆πέρτεραι hupérterai |
ὑ̆πέρτερᾰ hupértera | |||||
Genitive | ὑ̆περτέρου hupertérou |
ὑ̆περτέρᾱς hupertérās |
ὑ̆περτέρου hupertérou |
ὑ̆περτέροιν hupertéroin |
ὑ̆περτέραιν hupertérain |
ὑ̆περτέροιν hupertéroin |
ὑ̆περτέρων hupertérōn |
ὑ̆περτέρων hupertérōn |
ὑ̆περτέρων hupertérōn | |||||
Dative | ὑ̆περτέρῳ hupertérōi |
ὑ̆περτέρᾳ hupertérāi |
ὑ̆περτέρῳ hupertérōi |
ὑ̆περτέροιν hupertéroin |
ὑ̆περτέραιν hupertérain |
ὑ̆περτέροιν hupertéroin |
ὑ̆περτέροις hupertérois |
ὑ̆περτέραις hupertérais |
ὑ̆περτέροις hupertérois | |||||
Accusative | ὑ̆πέρτερον hupérteron |
ὑ̆περτέρᾱν hupertérān |
ὑ̆πέρτερον hupérteron |
ὑ̆περτέρω hupertérō |
ὑ̆περτέρᾱ hupertérā |
ὑ̆περτέρω hupertérō |
ὑ̆περτέρους hupertérous |
ὑ̆περτέρᾱς hupertérās |
ὑ̆πέρτερᾰ hupértera | |||||
Vocative | ὑ̆πέρτερε hupértere |
ὑ̆περτέρᾱ hupertérā |
ὑ̆πέρτερον hupérteron |
ὑ̆περτέρω hupertérō |
ὑ̆περτέρᾱ hupertérā |
ὑ̆περτέρω hupertérō |
ὑ̆πέρτεροι hupérteroi |
ὑ̆πέρτεραι hupérterai |
ὑ̆πέρτερᾰ hupértera | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὑ̆πέρτερον hupérteron |
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Further reading
edit- “ὑπέρτερος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὑπέρτερος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὑπέρτερος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὑπέρτερος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “ὑπέρτερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑπέρτερος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- above idem, page 3.
- ascendant idem, page 43.
- better idem, page 77.
- conquering idem, page 161.
- further idem, page 350.
- superior idem, page 839.
- triumphant idem, page 896.
- upper idem, page 938.
- victorious idem, page 951.
- winning idem, page 982.