ὑπήκοος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὑπακούω (hupakoúō) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pɛ̌ː.ko.os/ → /yˈpi.ko.os/ → /iˈpi.ko.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pɛ̌ː.ko.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpe̝.ko.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpi.ko.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpi.ko.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpi.ko.os/

Adjective

ῠ̔πήκοος • (hupḗkoos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔πήκοον); second declension

1. listening [with dative ‘to someone’]
2. subject, obedient [with genitive or dative ‘to someone’]

Declension

Second declension of ῠ̔πήκοος; ῠ̔πήκοον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔πήκοος hupḗkoos	ῠ̔πήκοον hupḗkoon		ῠ̔πηκόω hupēkóō	ῠ̔πηκόω hupēkóō		ῠ̔πήκοοι hupḗkooi	ῠ̔πήκοᾰ hupḗkoa
Genitive		ῠ̔πηκόου hupēkóou	ῠ̔πηκόου hupēkóou		ῠ̔πηκόοιν hupēkóoin	ῠ̔πηκόοιν hupēkóoin		ῠ̔πηκόων hupēkóōn	ῠ̔πηκόων hupēkóōn
Dative		ῠ̔πηκόῳ hupēkóōi	ῠ̔πηκόῳ hupēkóōi		ῠ̔πηκόοιν hupēkóoin	ῠ̔πηκόοιν hupēkóoin		ῠ̔πηκόοις hupēkóois	ῠ̔πηκόοις hupēkóois
Accusative		ῠ̔πήκοον hupḗkoon	ῠ̔πήκοον hupḗkoon		ῠ̔πηκόω hupēkóō	ῠ̔πηκόω hupēkóō		ῠ̔πηκόους hupēkóous	ῠ̔πήκοᾰ hupḗkoa
Vocative		ῠ̔πήκοε hupḗkoe	ῠ̔πήκοον hupḗkoon		ῠ̔πηκόω hupēkóō	ῠ̔πηκόω hupēkóō		ῠ̔πήκοοι hupḗkooi	ῠ̔πήκοᾰ hupḗkoa
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑπήκοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπήκοος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers