ὑστάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a dialectal Cypriot form of συστάς (sustás, “vines planted closely”), which derives from συνίστημι (sunístēmi, “to put together, organize, frame”). See also ὑστάδα (hustáda, “densely planted vine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ysˈtas/ → /isˈtas/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ysˈtas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ysˈtas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ysˈtas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈtas/

Noun

ὑστάς • (hustás)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: παστάς ἀμπέλων (pastás ampélōn, literally “row of vines”).

Further reading

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