ὑπόβαθρον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, under) +‎ βᾰ́θρον (báthron, “base, pedestal”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὑπόβᾰθρον • (hupóbathron) n (genitive ὑποβᾰ́θρου); second declension

  1. base, anything put under, hence:
    1. footstool
    2. wooden framework to support a couch, a kind of rocking apparatus
    3. keel of a ship
    4. step

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑπόβᾰθρον; τοῦ ὑποβᾰ́θρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὑπόβᾰθρον
tò hupóbathron 		τὼ ὑποβᾰ́θρω
tṑ hupobáthrō 		τᾰ̀ ὑπόβᾰθρᾰ
tà hupóbathra
Genitive τοῦ ὑποβᾰ́θρου
toû hupobáthrou 		τοῖν ὑποβᾰ́θροιν
toîn hupobáthroin 		τῶν ὑποβᾰ́θρων
tôn hupobáthrōn
Dative τῷ ὑποβᾰ́θρῳ
tôi hupobáthrōi 		τοῖν ὑποβᾰ́θροιν
toîn hupobáthroin 		τοῖς ὑποβᾰ́θροις
toîs hupobáthrois
Accusative τὸ ὑπόβᾰθρον
tò hupóbathron 		τὼ ὑποβᾰ́θρω
tṑ hupobáthrō 		τᾰ̀ ὑπόβᾰθρᾰ
tà hupóbathra
Vocative ὑπόβᾰθρον
hupóbathron 		ὑποβᾰ́θρω
hupobáthrō 		ὑπόβᾰθρᾰ
hupóbathra
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