ὑπόδρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) + *δρᾰκ (*drăk), from the root of δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see; to watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pó.dra/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpo.dra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.ðra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpo.ðra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpo.ðra/

Adverb

ῠ̔πόδρᾰ • (hŭpódră)

(Epic) scowlingly; grimly
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.148
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.245
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.349
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.411
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.888
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.230
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.13
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.141
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.428
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.165
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.459
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 18.337
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 22.34

Further reading

“ὑπόδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὑπόδρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963