ὑπήκοον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ῠ̔πήκοος (hupḗkoos, “hearkening”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pɛ̌ː.ko.on/ → /yˈpi.ko.on/ → /iˈpi.ko.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pɛ̌ː.ko.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpe̝.ko.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpi.ko.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpi.ko.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpi.ko.on/

Noun

ῠ̔πήκοον • (hupḗkoon) n (genitive ῠ̔πηκόου); second declension

1. horned cummin (Hypecoum procumbens)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ῠ̔πήκοον; τοῦ ῠ̔πηκόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῠ̔πήκοον tò hupḗkoon	τὼ ῠ̔πηκόω tṑ hupēkóō	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔πήκοᾰ tà hupḗkoa
Genitive	τοῦ ῠ̔πηκόου toû hupēkóou	τοῖν ῠ̔πηκόοιν toîn hupēkóoin	τῶν ῠ̔πηκόων tôn hupēkóōn
Dative	τῷ ῠ̔πηκόῳ tôi hupēkóōi	τοῖν ῠ̔πηκόοιν toîn hupēkóoin	τοῖς ῠ̔πηκόοις toîs hupēkóois
Accusative	τὸ ῠ̔πήκοον tò hupḗkoon	τὼ ῠ̔πηκόω tṑ hupēkóō	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔πήκοᾰ tà hupḗkoa
Vocative	ῠ̔πήκοον hupḗkoon	ῠ̔πηκόω hupēkóō	ῠ̔πήκοᾰ hupḗkoa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Hypecoum

Adjective

ῠ̔πήκοον • (hupḗkoon)

1. inflection of ῠ̔πήκοος (hupḗkoos):
   1. neuter nominative/vocative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular

Further reading

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