ὑποχονδριακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποχόνδριον (hupokhóndrion, “the space between the ribs and the navel”) +‎ -ακός (-akós), from ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “below”) +‎ χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.po.kʰon.dri.a.kós/ → /y.po.xon.dri.aˈkos/ → /i.po.xon.dri.aˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.po.kʰon.dri.a.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.po.kʰon.dri.aˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.po.xon.dri.aˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.po.xon.dri.aˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.po.xon.dri.aˈkos/

Adjective

ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκός • (hupokhondriakós) m (feminine ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκή, neuter ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκόν); first/second declension

1. Of or concerning the region between the ribs and the navel

Inflection

First and second declension of ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκός; ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκή; ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκός hupokhondriakós	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκή hupokhondriakḗ	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκόν hupokhondriakón		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκώ hupokhondriakṓ	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκᾱ́ hupokhondriakā́	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκώ hupokhondriakṓ		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοί hupokhondriakoí	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκαί hupokhondriakaí	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκᾰ́ hupokhondriaká
Genitive		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοῦ hupokhondriakoû	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκῆς hupokhondriakês	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοῦ hupokhondriakoû		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοῖν hupokhondriakoîn	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκαῖν hupokhondriakaîn	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοῖν hupokhondriakoîn		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκῶν hupokhondriakôn	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκῶν hupokhondriakôn	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκῶν hupokhondriakôn
Dative		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκῷ hupokhondriakôi	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκῇ hupokhondriakêi	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκῷ hupokhondriakôi		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοῖν hupokhondriakoîn	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκαῖν hupokhondriakaîn	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοῖν hupokhondriakoîn		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοῖς hupokhondriakoîs	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκαῖς hupokhondriakaîs	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοῖς hupokhondriakoîs
Accusative		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκόν hupokhondriakón	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκήν hupokhondriakḗn	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκόν hupokhondriakón		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκώ hupokhondriakṓ	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκᾱ́ hupokhondriakā́	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκώ hupokhondriakṓ		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκούς hupokhondriakoús	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκᾱ́ς hupokhondriakā́s	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκᾰ́ hupokhondriaká
Vocative		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκέ hupokhondriaké	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκή hupokhondriakḗ	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκόν hupokhondriakón		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκώ hupokhondriakṓ	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκᾱ́ hupokhondriakā́	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκώ hupokhondriakṓ		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκοί hupokhondriakoí	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκαί hupokhondriakaí	ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκᾰ́ hupokhondriaká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκῶς hupokhondriakôs				ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκώτερος hupokhondriakṓteros				ῠ̔ποχονδρῐᾰκώτᾰτος hupokhondriakṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: hypochondriaque

Further reading

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