ὕπαιθα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hý.pai̯.tʰa/ → /ˈy.pɛ.θa/ → /ˈi.pe.θa/

• (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)

1. (Epic) out under, slipping away

Preposition

ὕπαιθα • (húpaitha) (governs the genitive)

1. (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