ὑπερθύριον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὑπέρθυρον (hupérthuron)

Etymology

From ὑπερ- (huper-, “over”) +‎ θύρα (thúra, “door”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.per.tʰý.ri.on/ → /y.perˈθy.ri.on/ → /i.perˈθi.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.per.tʰý.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.perˈtʰy.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.perˈθy.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.perˈθy.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.perˈθi.ri.on/

Noun

ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον • (huperthúrion) n (genitive ὑπερθῠρῐ́ου); second declension

1. (architecture) lintel of a door or gate

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον; τοῦ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον tò huperthúrion	τὼ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω tṑ huperthuríō	τᾰ̀ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ tà huperthúria
Genitive	τοῦ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ου toû huperthuríou	τοῖν ὑπερθῠρῐ́οιν toîn huperthuríoin	τῶν ὑπερθῠρῐ́ων tôn huperthuríōn
Dative	τῷ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ῳ tôi huperthuríōi	τοῖν ὑπερθῠρῐ́οιν toîn huperthuríoin	τοῖς ὑπερθῠρῐ́οις toîs huperthuríois
Accusative	τὸ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον tò huperthúrion	τὼ ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω tṑ huperthuríō	τᾰ̀ ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ tà huperthúria
Vocative	ὑπερθῠ́ρῐον huperthúrion	ὑπερθῠρῐ́ω huperthuríō	ὑπερθῠ́ρῐᾰ huperthúria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: υπέρθυρο (ypérthyro)

References

• “ὑπερθύριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπερθύριον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὑπερθύριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette