ὑποτακτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποτᾰγ- (hupotăg-), the root of ὑποτᾰ́σσω (hupotắssō, “arrange underneath or after”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.po.tak.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.po.tak.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.po.tak.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.po.tak.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.po.tak.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκός • (hŭpotăktĭkós) m (feminine ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή, neuter ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν); first/second declension

Postpositive, always placed after the thing with which it is combined.
1. ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν φωνῆεν (phōnêen): A vowel that occurs last in a diphthong, referring to υ, ι.
ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν, with or without ἄρθρον (árthron): An article, or in today's terminology a pronoun, that is placed after its antecedent: the relative pronoun ὅς (hós).
(grammar) A verb in the subjunctive mood.
1. ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκός, with or without σύνδεσμος (súndesmos): A conjunction that is always followed by the subjunctive
2. ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή ἔγκλισις (énklisis): The subjunctive mood.
Submissive, obedient

Inflection

First and second declension of ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκός; ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή; ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκός hŭpotăktĭkós	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή hŭpotăktĭkḗ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν hŭpotăktĭkón	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hŭpotăktĭkṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾱ́ hŭpotăktĭkā́	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hŭpotăktĭkṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοί hŭpotăktĭkoí	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαί hŭpotăktĭkaí	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾰ́ hŭpotăktĭkắ
Genitive	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῦ hŭpotăktĭkoû	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῆς hŭpotăktĭkês	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῦ hŭpotăktĭkoû	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖν hŭpotăktĭkoîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαῖν hŭpotăktĭkaîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖν hŭpotăktĭkoîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῶν hŭpotăktĭkôn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῶν hŭpotăktĭkôn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῶν hŭpotăktĭkôn
Dative	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῷ hŭpotăktĭkôi	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῇ hŭpotăktĭkêi	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῷ hŭpotăktĭkôi	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖν hŭpotăktĭkoîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαῖν hŭpotăktĭkaîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖν hŭpotăktĭkoîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖς hŭpotăktĭkoîs	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαῖς hŭpotăktĭkaîs	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖς hŭpotăktĭkoîs
Accusative	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν hŭpotăktĭkón	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκήν hŭpotăktĭkḗn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν hŭpotăktĭkón	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hŭpotăktĭkṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾱ́ hŭpotăktĭkā́	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hŭpotăktĭkṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκούς hŭpotăktĭkoús	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾱ́ς hŭpotăktĭkā́s	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾰ́ hŭpotăktĭkắ
Vocative	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκέ hŭpotăktĭké	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή hŭpotăktĭkḗ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν hŭpotăktĭkón	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hŭpotăktĭkṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾱ́ hŭpotăktĭkā́	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hŭpotăktĭkṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοί hŭpotăktĭkoí	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαί hŭpotăktĭkaí	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾰ́ hŭpotăktĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῶς hŭpotăktĭkôs			ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώτερος hŭpotăktĭkṓteros			ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώτᾰτος hŭpotăktĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “always placed after”): ὑποτασσόμενος (hupotassómenos, “capable of being placed after”)

References

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