ὑφόλμιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ ὅλμος (hólmos, “round smooth stone; mortar”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pʰól.mi.on/ → /yˈɸol.mi.on/ → /iˈfol.mi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pʰól.mi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpʰol.mi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈɸol.mi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈfol.mi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈfol.mi.on/

Noun

ὑφόλμῐον • (huphólmion) n (genitive ὑφολμῐ́ου); second declension

1. mortar-stand
2. part of the ὅλμος (hólmos)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑφόλμῐον; τοῦ ὑφολμῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑφόλμῐον tò huphólmion	τὼ ὑφολμῐ́ω tṑ hupholmíō	τᾰ̀ ὑφόλμῐᾰ tà huphólmia
Genitive	τοῦ ὑφολμῐ́ου toû hupholmíou	τοῖν ὑφολμῐ́οιν toîn hupholmíoin	τῶν ὑφολμῐ́ων tôn hupholmíōn
Dative	τῷ ὑφολμῐ́ῳ tôi hupholmíōi	τοῖν ὑφολμῐ́οιν toîn hupholmíoin	τοῖς ὑφολμῐ́οις toîs hupholmíois
Accusative	τὸ ὑφόλμῐον tò huphólmion	τὼ ὑφολμῐ́ω tṑ hupholmíō	τᾰ̀ ὑφόλμῐᾰ tà huphólmia
Vocative	ὑφόλμῐον huphólmion	ὑφολμῐ́ω hupholmíō	ὑφόλμῐᾰ huphólmia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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