ὑπόπυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὑπο- (hupo-) +‎ πῦρ (pûr) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pó.py.ros/ → /yˈpo.py.ros/ → /iˈpo.pi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pó.py.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpo.py.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.py.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.py.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpo.pi.ros/

Adjective

ὑπόπῠρος • (hupópuros) m or f (neuter ὑπόπῠρον); second declension

1. with fire under, with secret fire
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 378
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 435, (lyrical; of Nauplius’ signals):

     πάγαι

     págai

   • 350 CE – 500 CE, Adamantius, Vent. 34:

     λιγνύς

     lignús

   1. metaphorically
      • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, Against the Christians 27, (opposed to ψυχῆς ὑγιαινούσης; of St Paul):

        ὑποπύρου τὰς φρένας

        hupopúrou tàs phrénas

Declension

Second declension of ὑπόπῠρος; ὑπόπῠρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὑπόπῠρος hupópuros	ὑπόπῠρον hupópuron		ὑποπῠ́ρω hupopúrō	ὑποπῠ́ρω hupopúrō		ὑπόπῠροι hupópuroi	ὑπόπῠρᾰ hupópura
Genitive		ὑποπῠ́ρου hupopúrou	ὑποπῠ́ρου hupopúrou		ὑποπῠ́ροιν hupopúroin	ὑποπῠ́ροιν hupopúroin		ὑποπῠ́ρων hupopúrōn	ὑποπῠ́ρων hupopúrōn
Dative		ὑποπῠ́ρῳ hupopúrōi	ὑποπῠ́ρῳ hupopúrōi		ὑποπῠ́ροιν hupopúroin	ὑποπῠ́ροιν hupopúroin		ὑποπῠ́ροις hupopúrois	ὑποπῠ́ροις hupopúrois
Accusative		ὑπόπῠρον hupópuron	ὑπόπῠρον hupópuron		ὑποπῠ́ρω hupopúrō	ὑποπῠ́ρω hupopúrō		ὑποπῠ́ρους hupopúrous	ὑπόπῠρᾰ hupópura
Vocative		ὑπόπῠρε hupópure	ὑπόπῠρον hupópuron		ὑποπῠ́ρω hupopúrō	ὑποπῠ́ρω hupopúrō		ὑπόπῠροι hupópuroi	ὑπόπῠρᾰ hupópura
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὑποπῠ́ρως hupopúrōs			ὑποπῠρώτερος hupopurṓteros			ὑποπῠρώτᾰτος hupopurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑπόπῠρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑπόπυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “ὑπόπυρος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn