ὑστάς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editProbably a dialectal Cypriot form of συστάς (sustás, “vines planted closely”), which derives from συνίστημι (sunístēmi, “to put together, organize, frame”). See also ὑστάδα (hustáda, “densely planted vine”).
Pronunciation
edit- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ysˈtas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ysˈtas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ysˈtas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /isˈtas/
Noun
editὑστάς • (hustás)
Further reading
edit- “ὑστάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: υ