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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *upó, with regular rough breathing ῾ (h) before initial υ (u). Cognates include Latin sub and Sanskrit उप (upa).
The genitive is from the PIE ablative of origin or cause. The dative is from the PIE locative and metaphor of all infinitives coming from locatives. The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional and the PIE accusative of direct object.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hy.pó/ → /yˈpo/ → /iˈpo/
Preposition
ῠ̔πό • (hupó) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)
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- (of place) from underneath
- under, beneath
- (of cause or agency) by, through
- (in pregnant phrases) of immediate acts of an agent, as well as further results
- (in Herodotus and Attic, of things as well as persons)
- denoting the attendant or accompanying circumstances
- (of accompanying music) to give the time
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- (of place or position) under, near
- (of agency) under, through, by
- expressing subjection or dependence
- of logical subordination
- of attendant circumstances
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- (of place) to express motion towards and under
- of position or extension
- of logical subordination
- of subjection, control
- (of time) just after
- of accompaniment
- to a certain degree
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References
- “ὑπό”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑπό”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὑπό”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὑπό in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὑπό in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὑπό”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5259 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accompaniment idem, page 6.
- after idem, page 17.
- below idem, page 73.
- beneath idem, page 73.
- by idem, page 107.
- deep idem, page 203.
- foot idem, page 333.
- from idem, page 346.
- owing to idem, page 587.
- pressure idem, page 637.
- sound idem, page 796.
- subjection idem, page 831.
- through idem, page 871.
- thumb idem, page 872.
- to idem, page 878.
- tune idem, page 900.
- under idem, page 912.
- underneath idem, page 913.
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, first edition, Oxford: Blackwell