ὑποστόμια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under, below”) +‎ στόμιον (stómion, “bridle, bit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pos.tó.mi.a/ → /y.posˈto.mi.a/ → /i.posˈto.mi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pos.tó.mi.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.posˈto.mi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.posˈto.mi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.posˈto.mi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.posˈto.mi.a/

Noun

ὑποστόμῐᾰ • (hupostómia) n pl (genitive ὑποστομῐ́ων); second declension

1. small tags of iron on the bit

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ὑποστόμῐᾰ; τῶν ὑποστομῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ὑποστόμῐᾰ tà hupostómia
Genitive	τῶν ὑποστομῐ́ων tôn hupostomíōn
Dative	τοῖς ὑποστομῐ́οις toîs hupostomíois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ὑποστόμῐᾰ tà hupostómia
Vocative	ὑποστόμῐᾰ hupostómia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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