ὑπόστρωμα

See also: υπόστρωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποστρώννυμι (hupostrṓnnumi) +‎ -μα (-ma), alternative spelling of ὑποστορέννυμι (hupostorénnumi, “spread under”) (from ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “beneath, under”) +‎ στορέννυμι (storénnumi, “spread, strew”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pós.trɔː.ma/ → /yˈpos.tro.ma/ → /iˈpos.tro.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pós.trɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpos.tro.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpos.tro.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpos.tro.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpos.tro.ma/

Noun

ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ • (hupóstrōma) n (genitive ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is spread beneath: bed, bedding, litter

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ; τοῦ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ tò hupóstrōma	τὼ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτε tṑ hupostrṓmate	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτᾰ tà hupostrṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτος toû hupostrṓmatos	τοῖν ῠ̔ποστρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupostrōmátoin	τῶν ῠ̔ποστρωμᾰ́των tôn hupostrōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτῐ tôi hupostrṓmati	τοῖν ῠ̔ποστρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupostrōmátoin	τοῖς ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰσῐ / ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰσῐν toîs hupostrṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ tò hupóstrōma	τὼ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτε tṑ hupostrṓmate	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτᾰ tà hupostrṓmata
Vocative	ῠ̔πόστρωμᾰ hupóstrōma	ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτε hupostrṓmate	ῠ̔ποστρώμᾰτᾰ hupostrṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: υπόστρωμα (ypóstroma)

Further reading

• “ὑπόστρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπόστρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑπόστρωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette