ὕπατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Superlative of ὑπό (hupó, “under”).

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (húpatos) m (feminine ῠ̔πᾰ́τη, neuter ῠ̔́πᾰτον); first/second declension
ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (húpatos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔́πᾰτον); second declension

  1. highest, uppermost
    1. (of place) at the very top, lowest, furthest
    2. (of time) last
    3. (of quality) highest, best

Declension
First and second declension of ῠ̔́πᾰτος; ῠ̔πᾰ́τη; ῠ̔́πᾰτον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter
Nominative ῠ̔́πᾰτος
húpatos		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τη
hupátē		 ῠ̔́πᾰτον
húpaton		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ
hupátā		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔́πᾰτοι
húpatoi		 ῠ̔́πᾰται
húpatai		 ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ
húpata
Genitive ῠ̔πᾰ́του
hupátou		 ῠ̔πᾰ́της
hupátēs		 ῠ̔πᾰ́του
hupátou		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν
hupátoin		 ῠ̔πᾰ́ταιν
hupátain		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν
hupátoin		 ῠ̔πᾰ́των
hupátōn		 ῠ̔πᾰ́των
hupátōn		 ῠ̔πᾰ́των
hupátōn
Dative ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ
hupátōi		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τῃ
hupátēi		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ
hupátōi		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν
hupátoin		 ῠ̔πᾰ́ταιν
hupátain		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν
hupátoin		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις
hupátois		 ῠ̔πᾰ́ταις
hupátais		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις
hupátois
Accusative ῠ̔́πᾰτον
húpaton		 ῠ̔πᾰ́την
hupátēn		 ῠ̔́πᾰτον
húpaton		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ
hupátā		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τους
hupátous		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱς
hupátās		 ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ
húpata
Vocative ῠ̔́πᾰτε
húpate		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τη
hupátē		 ῠ̔́πᾰτον
húpaton		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τᾱ
hupátā		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔́πᾰτοι
húpatoi		 ῠ̔́πᾰται
húpatai		 ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ
húpata
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
— — ῠ̔πᾰτώτᾰτος
hupatṓtatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Second declension of ῠ̔́πᾰτος; ῠ̔́πᾰτον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative ῠ̔́πᾰτος
húpatos		 ῠ̔́πᾰτον
húpaton		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔́πᾰτοι
húpatoi		 ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ
húpata
Genitive ῠ̔πᾰ́του
hupátou		 ῠ̔πᾰ́του
hupátou		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν
hupátoin		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν
hupátoin		 ῠ̔πᾰ́των
hupátōn		 ῠ̔πᾰ́των
hupátōn
Dative ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ
hupátōi		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τῳ
hupátōi		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν
hupátoin		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοιν
hupátoin		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις
hupátois		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τοις
hupátois
Accusative ῠ̔́πᾰτον
húpaton		 ῠ̔́πᾰτον
húpaton		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τους
hupátous		 ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ
húpata
Vocative ῠ̔́πᾰτε
húpate		 ῠ̔́πᾰτον
húpaton		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔πᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ῠ̔́πᾰτοι
húpatoi		 ῠ̔́πᾰτᾰ
húpata
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
— — ῠ̔πᾰτώτᾰτος
hupatṓtatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ῠ̔́πᾰτος • (húpatos) m (genitive ὑπᾰ́του); second declension

  1. (Koine, Byzantine) consul (a head of government of the Roman Republic)
  2. (Byzantine) hypatos (title conferred by the Byzantine Empire as an honorific)

Declension
Second declension of ὁ ὕπᾰτος; τοῦ ὑπᾰ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὕπᾰτος
ho húpatos		 τὼ ὑπᾰ́τω
tṑ hupátō		 οἱ ὕπᾰτοι
hoi húpatoi
Genitive τοῦ ὑπᾰ́του
toû hupátou		 τοῖν ὑπᾰ́τοιν
toîn hupátoin		 τῶν ὑπᾰ́των
tôn hupátōn
Dative τῷ ὑπᾰ́τῳ
tôi hupátōi		 τοῖν ὑπᾰ́τοιν
toîn hupátoin		 τοῖς ὑπᾰ́τοις
toîs hupátois
Accusative τὸν ὕπᾰτον
tòn húpaton		 τὼ ὑπᾰ́τω
tṑ hupátō		 τοὺς ὑπᾰ́τους
toùs hupátous
Vocative ὕπᾰτε
húpate		 ὑπᾰ́τω
hupátō		 ὕπᾰτοι
húpatoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: hypatos
  • → Old Armenian: հիւպատոս (hiwpatos), հիպատոս (hipatos), հիւպատ (hiwpat), հիպատ (hipat), իպատոս (ipatos)
  • → Old Georgian: ჳპატოსი (wiṗaṭosi)
  • → Russian: и́пат (ípat)

Further reading
  • “ὕπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ὕπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ὕπατος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὕπατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ὕπατος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ὕπατος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • 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
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