ὑπεροψία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπεροψ- (huperops-), future stem of ὑπεροράω (huperoráō, “to overlook, despise, disdain”), + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pe.rop.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.pe.ropˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.pe.ropˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.pe.ropˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.pe.ropˈsi.a/
Noun
ὑπεροψίᾱ • (huperopsíā) f (genitive ὑπεροψίᾱς); first declension
- contempt, disdain [with genitive ‘for’]
- haughtiness, arrogance
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾱ hē hŭperopsĭ́ā |
τὼ ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾱ tṑ hŭperopsĭ́ā |
αἱ ῠ̔περοψῐ́αι hai hŭperopsĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾱς tês hŭperopsĭ́ās |
τοῖν ῠ̔περοψῐ́αιν toîn hŭperopsĭ́ain |
τῶν ῠ̔περοψῐῶν tôn hŭperopsĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾳ tēî hŭperopsĭ́āi |
τοῖν ῠ̔περοψῐ́αιν toîn hŭperopsĭ́ain |
ταῖς ῠ̔περοψῐ́αις taîs hŭperopsĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾱν tḕn hŭperopsĭ́ān |
τὼ ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾱ tṑ hŭperopsĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hŭperopsĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾱ hŭperopsĭ́ā |
ῠ̔περοψῐ́ᾱ hŭperopsĭ́ā |
ῠ̔περοψῐ́αι hŭperopsĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ὑπέροψις (hupéropsis)
Further reading
- ὑπεροψία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ὑπεροψία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑπεροψία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὑπεροψία in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.