Ὑπερβόρεοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπερ- (huper-, over, beyond) +‎ βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.per.bó.re.oi̯/ → /y.perˈβo.re.y/ → /i.perˈvo.re.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.per.bó.re.oi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.perˈbo.re.y/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.perˈβo.re.y/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.perˈvo.re.y/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.perˈvo.re.i/

Noun

Ὑπερβόρεοι • (Huperbóreoi) m pl (genitive Ὑπερβορέων); first declension

1. Hyperborei, a people supposed to live in the extreme north

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Ὑπερβόρεοι; τῶν Ὑπερβορέων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Ὑπερβόρεοι hoi Huperbóreoi
Genitive	τῶν Ὑπερβορέων tôn Huperboréōn
Dative	τοῖς Ὑπερβορέοις toîs Huperboréois
Accusative	τοὺς Ὑπερβορέους toùs Huperboréous
Vocative	Ὑπερβόρεοι Huperbóreoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Hyperboreī
• → English: hyperborean
• → French: hyperboréen
• → Swedish: hyperboré

Further reading

• “Ὑπερβόρεοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ὑπερβόρεοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette