Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὕπειμι

-μι athematic Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕπειμι

Structure: ὑπ (Prefix) + έ̓ς (Stem) + τον (Ending)

Etym.: ei)mi/ sum

Sense

  1. to be under, under, were, to be under the yoke, to be yoked in
  2. to be or lie underneath
  3. to be laid down, being granted
  4. to remain concealed, lurk
  5. to be left remaining, remain, be at command
  6. to be subjected or subject

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπειμί ὑπεῖ ὑπεστίν*
Dual ὑπέστον ὑπέστον
Plural ὑπέσμεν ὑπέστε ὑπείσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ὑπῶ ὑπῇς ὑπῇ
Dual ὑπῆτον ὑπῆτον
Plural ὑπῶμεν ὑπῆτε ὑπῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ὑπείην ὑπείης ὑπείη
Dual ὑπείητον, ὑπεῖτον ὑπείητην, ὑπείτην
Plural ὑπείημεν, ὑπεῖμεν ὑπείητε, ὑπεῖτε ὑπείησαν, ὑπεῖεν
ImperativeSingular ὑπίσθι ὑπέστω
Dual ὑπέστον ὑπέστων
Plural ὑπέστε ὑπέστων
Infinitive ὑπεῖναι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὑπών ὑπόντος ὑποῦσα ὑπούσας ὑπόν ὑπόντος

Future tense

Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπέσομαι ὑπέσει, ὑπέσῃ ὑπέσεται
Dual ὑπέσεσθον ὑπέσεσθον
Plural ὑπεσόμεθα ὑπέσεσθε ὑπέσονται
OptativeSingular ὑπεσοίμην ὑπέσοιο ὑπέσοιτο
Dual ὑπέσοισθον ὑπεσοίσθην
Plural ὑπεσοίμεθα ὑπέσοισθε ὑπέσοιντο
Infinitive ὑπέσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὑπεσομενος ὑπεσομενου ὑπεσομενη ὑπεσομενης ὑπεσομενον ὑπεσομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπῆ, ὑπῆν ὑπῆσθα ὑπῆν
Dual ὑπῆ̓στον ὑπήστην
Plural ὑπῆ̓μεν ὑπῆ̓τε ὑπῆ̓σαν

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ δεῖ τινα ἐλπίδα ὑπεῖναι σωτηρίασ, περὶ οὗ ἀγωνιῶσιν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 5 14:2)
  • ἔτι δεῖ ὕλην ὑπεῖναι τῷ γιγνομένῳ καὶ μεταβάλλοντι. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 11 197:1)
  • εἰ δ’ ἡ μεταβολὴ ἐκ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἢ τῶν μεταξύ, ἀντικειμένων δὲ μὴ πάντων οὐ λευκὸν γὰρ ἡ φωνή ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου, ἀνάγκη ὑπεῖναί τι τὸ μεταβάλλον εἰσ τὴν ἐναντίωσιν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 12 9:3)
  • ὥστε παντί γε ταύτην τὴν δόξαν καὶ πίστιν ὑπεῖναι, ὅτι ἀπὸ ὑγιεινοῦ καὶ ὑγιείασ χορηγοῦ χωρίου φέρεται, ἀπό γε τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ τῶν ποδῶν τοῦ σωτῆροσ ὁρμώμενον· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:7)
  • μάλιστα μὲν γὰρ οὐ δή που δυοῖν ἐπιστήμαιν ἢ δυνάμεοιν τοῖσ μὲν τὴν ἑτέραν προϊσταμένοισ, οὐδ’ ἂν ὁτιοῦν βλασφημῶσιν εἰσ τοὺσ ἑτέρουσ, οὐδὲν ἄγροικον ὑπεῖναι φήσομεν, τοῖσ δ’ οὐδὲ τοῖσ αὐτοῖσ ἀμύνεσθαι δώσομεν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be under

  2. to be or lie underneath

  3. to be left remaining

  4. to be subjected or subject

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION