ὑπόταξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔ποτᾰ́σσω (hupotássō, “to place under”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pó.tak.sis/ → /yˈpo.tak.sis/ → /iˈpo.tak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pó.tak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpo.tak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.tak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.tak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpo.tak.sis/

Noun

ῠ̔πότᾰξῐς • (hupótaxis) f (genitive ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. subjection, submission
2. drawing up of light-armed behind the phalanx
3. (in grammar) postposition

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῠ̔πότᾰξῐς; τῆς ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔πότᾰξῐς hē hupótaxis	τὼ ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξει tṑ hupotáxei	αἱ ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεις hai hupotáxeis
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεως tês hupotáxeōs	τοῖν ῠ̔ποτᾰξέοιν toîn hupotaxéoin	τῶν ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεων tôn hupotáxeōn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξει têi hupotáxei	τοῖν ῠ̔ποτᾰξέοιν toîn hupotaxéoin	ταῖς ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεσῐ / ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs hupotáxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔πότᾰξῐν tḕn hupótaxin	τὼ ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξει tṑ hupotáxei	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεις tā̀s hupotáxeis
Vocative	ῠ̔πότᾰξῐ hupótaxi	ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξει hupotáxei	ῠ̔ποτᾰ́ξεις hupotáxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὑπόταξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑπόταξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette