ὕπατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Superlative of ὑπό (hupó, “under”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hý.pa.tos/ → /ˈy.pa.tos/ → /ˈi.pa.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.pa.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.pa.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pa.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pa.tos/

Adjective

ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (húpatos) m (feminine ῠ̔πᾰ́τη, neuter ῠ̔́πᾰτον); first/second declension
ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (húpatos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔́πᾰτον); second declension

1. highest, uppermost
   1. (of place) at the very top, lowest, furthest
   2. (of time) last
   3. (of quality) highest, best

Declension

First and second declension of ῠ̔́πᾰτος; ῠ̔πᾰ́τη; ῠ̔́πᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔́πᾰτος húpatos	ῠ̔πᾰ́τη hupátē	ῠ̔́πᾰτον húpaton		ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ hupátā	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō		ῠ̔́πᾰτοι húpatoi	ῠ̔́πᾰται húpatai	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ húpata
Genitive		ῠ̔πᾰ́του hupátou	ῠ̔πᾰ́της hupátēs	ῠ̔πᾰ́του hupátou		ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hupátoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́ταιν hupátain	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hupátoin		ῠ̔πᾰ́των hupátōn	ῠ̔πᾰ́των hupátōn	ῠ̔πᾰ́των hupátōn
Dative		ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ hupátōi	ῠ̔πᾰ́τῃ hupátēi	ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ hupátōi		ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hupátoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́ταιν hupátain	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hupátoin		ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις hupátois	ῠ̔πᾰ́ταις hupátais	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις hupátois
Accusative		ῠ̔́πᾰτον húpaton	ῠ̔πᾰ́την hupátēn	ῠ̔́πᾰτον húpaton		ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ hupátā	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō		ῠ̔πᾰ́τους hupátous	ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱς hupátās	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ húpata
Vocative		ῠ̔́πᾰτε húpate	ῠ̔πᾰ́τη hupátē	ῠ̔́πᾰτον húpaton		ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ hupátā	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō		ῠ̔́πᾰτοι húpatoi	ῠ̔́πᾰται húpatai	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ húpata
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		—				—				ῠ̔πᾰτώτᾰτος hupatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ῠ̔́πᾰτος; ῠ̔́πᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔́πᾰτος húpatos	ῠ̔́πᾰτον húpaton		ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō		ῠ̔́πᾰτοι húpatoi	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ húpata
Genitive		ῠ̔πᾰ́του hupátou	ῠ̔πᾰ́του hupátou		ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hupátoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hupátoin		ῠ̔πᾰ́των hupátōn	ῠ̔πᾰ́των hupátōn
Dative		ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ hupátōi	ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ hupátōi		ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hupátoin	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν hupátoin		ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις hupátois	ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις hupátois
Accusative		ῠ̔́πᾰτον húpaton	ῠ̔́πᾰτον húpaton		ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō		ῠ̔πᾰ́τους hupátous	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ húpata
Vocative		ῠ̔́πᾰτε húpate	ῠ̔́πᾰτον húpaton		ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō	ῠ̔πᾰ́τω hupátō		ῠ̔́πᾰτοι húpatoi	ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ húpata
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		—			—			ῠ̔πᾰτώτᾰτος hupatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (húpatos) m (genitive ὑπᾰ́του); second declension

1. (Koine, Byzantine) consul (a head of government of the Roman Republic)
2. (Byzantine) hypatos (title conferred by the Byzantine Empire as an honorific)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὕπᾰτος; τοῦ ὑπᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὕπᾰτος ho húpatos	τὼ ὑπᾰ́τω tṑ hupátō	οἱ ὕπᾰτοι hoi húpatoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὑπᾰ́του toû hupátou	τοῖν ὑπᾰ́τοιν toîn hupátoin	τῶν ὑπᾰ́των tôn hupátōn
Dative	τῷ ὑπᾰ́τῳ tôi hupátōi	τοῖν ὑπᾰ́τοιν toîn hupátoin	τοῖς ὑπᾰ́τοις toîs hupátois
Accusative	τὸν ὕπᾰτον tòn húpaton	τὼ ὑπᾰ́τω tṑ hupátō	τοὺς ὑπᾰ́τους toùs hupátous
Vocative	ὕπᾰτε húpate	ὑπᾰ́τω hupátō	ὕπᾰτοι húpatoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὑπᾰτείᾱ (hupateíā)
• ὑπᾰτῐκός (hupatikós)

Descendants

• → English: hypatos
• → Old Armenian: հիւպատոս (hiwpatos), հիպատոս (hipatos), հիւպատ (hiwpat), հիպատ (hipat), իպատոս (ipatos)
• → Old Georgian: ჳპატოსი (wiṗaṭosi)
• → Russian: и́пат (ípat)

Further reading

• “ὕπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὕπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὕπατος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὕπατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὕπατος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὕπατος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • consul idem, page 165.
  • highest idem, page 400.
  • supreme idem, page 842.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN