Ὑπερβόρεοι
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπερ- (huper-, over, beyond) + βόρειος (bóreios, “northern”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.per.bó.re.oi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.perˈbo.re.y/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.perˈβo.re.y/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.perˈvo.re.y/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.perˈvo.re.i/
Noun
Ὑπερβόρεοι • (Huperbóreoi) m pl (genitive Ὑπερβορέων); first declension
- Hyperborei, a people supposed to live in the extreme north
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | οἱ Ὑπερβόρεοι hoi Huperbóreoi | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Ὑπερβορέων tôn Huperboréōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Ὑπερβορέοις toîs Huperboréois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς Ὑπερβορέους toùs Huperboréous | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ὑπερβόρεοι Huperbóreoi | ||||||||||||
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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