ὑπέκ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῠ̔πέξ (hŭpéx) — before a vowel

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) +‎ ἐκ (ek).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pék/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpek/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpek/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpek/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpek/

Preposition

ῠ̔πέκ • (hŭpék) (governs the genitive)

(poetic) out from under

Further reading

“ὑπέκ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ὑπέκ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὑπέκ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ὑπέκ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press