ὕπαιθα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ὑπό (hupó) and ὑπαί (hupaí).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.pai̯.tʰa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.pɛ.tʰa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pɛ.θa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pe.θa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pe.θa/

Adverb

ὕπαιθα • (húpaitha)

(Epic) out under, slipping away

Preposition

ὕπαιθα • (húpaitha) (governs the genitive)

(Epic) under, at the side of

Further reading

“ὕπαιθα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ὕπαιθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὕπαιθα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ὕπαιθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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