ἐφύπερθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐφύπερθε (ephúperthe)

Etymology

• ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ ὕπερθεν (húperthen), itself from ὑπέρ (hupér) +‎ -θεν (-then).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰý.per.tʰen/ → /eˈɸy.per.θen/ → /eˈfi.per.θen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰý.per.tʰen/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰy.per.tʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈɸy.per.θen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈfy.per.θen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈfi.per.θen/

Adverb

ἐφύπερθεν • (ephúperthen)

1. above, on top

Preposition

ἐφύπερθεν • (ephúperthen) (governs the genitive)

1. above, on top of

Further reading

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