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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the verb ῠ̔ποτῐ́θημῐ (hupotíthēmi, “put down, pledge”). Morphologically, from ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, holster”). Other suggestion, from ὀπτῐκός (optikós, “of or for sight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hy.po.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /y.poˈθi.ci/ → /i.poˈθi.ci/
Noun
ῠ̔ποθήκη • (hupothḗkē) f (genitive ῠ̔ποθήκης); first declension
- suggestion, counsel, warning
- Χείρωνος ὑποθῆκαι ― Kheírōnos hupothêkai ― The Precepts of Chiron
- (law) pledge, deposit, mortgage
- Synonym: ῥύσιον (rhúsion)
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “ὑποθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑποθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- “ὑποθήκη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011