ὑποτακτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποτᾰγ- (hupotag-), the root of ὑποτᾰ́σσω (hupotássō, “arrange underneath or after”), + -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.po.tak.ti.kós/ → /y.po.tak.tiˈkos/ → /i.po.tak.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.po.tak.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.po.tak.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.po.tak.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.po.tak.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.po.tak.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκός • (hupotaktikós) m (feminine ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή, neuter ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Postpositive, always placed after the thing with which it is combined.
   1. ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν φωνῆεν (phōnêen): A vowel that occurs last in a diphthong, referring to υ, ι.
2. ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν, with or without ἄρθρον (árthron): An article, or in today's terminology a pronoun, that is placed after its antecedent: the relative pronoun ὅς (hós).
3. (grammar) A verb in the subjunctive mood.
   1. ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκός, with or without σύνδεσμος (súndesmos): A conjunction that is always followed by the subjunctive
   2. ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή ἔγκλισις (énklisis): The subjunctive mood.
4. Submissive, obedient

Inflection

First and second declension of ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκός; ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή; ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκός hupotaktikós	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή hupotaktikḗ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν hupotaktikón		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hupotaktikṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾱ́ hupotaktikā́	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hupotaktikṓ		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοί hupotaktikoí	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαί hupotaktikaí	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾰ́ hupotaktiká
Genitive		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῦ hupotaktikoû	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῆς hupotaktikês	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῦ hupotaktikoû		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖν hupotaktikoîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαῖν hupotaktikaîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖν hupotaktikoîn		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῶν hupotaktikôn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῶν hupotaktikôn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῶν hupotaktikôn
Dative		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῷ hupotaktikôi	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῇ hupotaktikêi	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῷ hupotaktikôi		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖν hupotaktikoîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαῖν hupotaktikaîn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖν hupotaktikoîn		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖς hupotaktikoîs	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαῖς hupotaktikaîs	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοῖς hupotaktikoîs
Accusative		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν hupotaktikón	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκήν hupotaktikḗn	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν hupotaktikón		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hupotaktikṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾱ́ hupotaktikā́	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hupotaktikṓ		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκούς hupotaktikoús	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾱ́ς hupotaktikā́s	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾰ́ hupotaktiká
Vocative		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκέ hupotaktiké	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκή hupotaktikḗ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκόν hupotaktikón		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hupotaktikṓ	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾱ́ hupotaktikā́	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώ hupotaktikṓ		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκοί hupotaktikoí	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκαί hupotaktikaí	ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκᾰ́ hupotaktiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκῶς hupotaktikôs				ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώτερος hupotaktikṓteros				ῠ̔ποτᾰκτῐκώτᾰτος hupotaktikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• (always placed after): ὑποτασσόμενος (hupotassómenos, “capable of being placed after”)

References

• “ὑποτακτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press