ὑποσπαδίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ σπάω (spáō, “I draw, I pull”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, suffix to form a masculine noun).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pos.pa.dí.aːs/ → /y.pos.paˈði.as/ → /i.pos.paˈði.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pos.pa.dí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.pos.paˈdi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.pos.paˈði.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.pos.paˈði.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pos.paˈði.as/

Noun

ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς • (hupospadíās) m (genitive ὑποσπᾰδίου); first declension

1. (medicine) one who has the orifice of the urethra too low

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς; τοῦ ὑποσπᾰδίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς ho hupospadíās	τὼ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ tṑ hupospadíā	οἱ ὑποσπᾰδίαι hoi hupospadíai
Genitive	τοῦ ὑποσπᾰδίου toû hupospadíou	τοῖν ὑποσπᾰδίαιν toîn hupospadíain	τῶν ὑποσπᾰδιῶν tôn hupospadiôn
Dative	τῷ ὑποσπᾰδίᾳ tôi hupospadíāi	τοῖν ὑποσπᾰδίαιν toîn hupospadíain	τοῖς ὑποσπᾰδίαις toîs hupospadíais
Accusative	τὸν ὑποσπᾰδίᾱν tòn hupospadíān	τὼ ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ tṑ hupospadíā	τοὺς ὑποσπᾰδίᾱς toùs hupospadíās
Vocative	ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ hupospadíā	ὑποσπᾰδίᾱ hupospadíā	ὑποσπᾰδίαι hupospadíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: υποσπαδίας (ypospadías)
• → English: hypospadias

Further reading

• “ὑποσπαδίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press