ὑπόκειμαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ κεῖμαι (keîmai, “lie”).

Pronunciation
 

Verb

ῠ̔πόκειμαι • (hupókeimai)

  1. to lie under
    1. (of places) to lie below
  2. (various metaphoric senses)
    1. to be put under the eyes, to be submitted or proposed to one
    2. to be laid down as a ground of argument, to be assumed as a hypothesis
    3. to be suggested
    4. to be left at bottom, left remaining, reserved
    5. to be subject, to submit to, to bow down before, be submissive
    6. to be subject to, liable to
    7. to be left behind in pledge, to be pledged, mortgaged
    8. (philosophy) to underlie in thought
    9. (logic) to be subject or subordinate to
      1. (adjectival use) the subject matter
      2. (participle, τὸ ὑποκείμενον) the subject or a proposition (the predicate being τὸ κατηγορούμενον (tò katēgoroúmenon))
    10. (grammar) the present tense

Usage notes

Ὑπόκειμαι is used as the passive counterpart of ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi).

Inflection
   Present: ὑπόκειμαι (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ὑπόκειμαι ὑπόκεισαι ὑπόκειται - - - - ὑπόκεινται
subjunctive - - ὑποκέηται - - - - -
optative ὑποκεοίμην - ὑποκέοιτο - - - - ὑποκέοιντο
imperative   ὑπόκεισο ὑποκείσθω - -   - -
infinitive ὑπόκεισθαι
participle m ὑποκείμενος
f ὑποκειμένη
n ὑποκείμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ὑπεκείμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ὑπεκείμην - ὑπέκειτο - - - - -
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Future: ὑποκείσομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ὑποκείσομαι ὑποκείσῃ,
ὑποκείσει		 ὑποκείσεται ὑποκείσεσθον ὑποκείσεσθον ὑποκεισόμεθᾰ ὑποκείσεσθε ὑποκείσονται
optative ὑποκεισοίμην ὑποκείσοιο ὑποκείσοιτο ὑποκείσοισθον ὑποκεισοίσθην ὑποκεισοίμεθᾰ ὑποκείσοισθε ὑποκείσοιντο
middle
infinitive ὑποκείσεσθαι
participle m ὑποκεισόμενος
f ὑποκεισομένη
n ὑποκεισόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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