ὑπόκειμαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “under”) +‎ κεῖμαι (keîmai, “lie”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ῠ̔πόκειμαι • (hŭpókeimai)

  1. to lie under
    1. (of places) to lie below
  2. (figurative):
    1. to be put under the eyes, to be submitted or proposed to one
    2. to be laid down as a ground of argument, to be assumed as a hypothesis
    3. to be suggested
    4. to be left at bottom, left remaining, reserved
    5. to be subject, to submit to, to bow down before, be submissive
    6. to be subject to, liable to
    7. to be left behind in pledge, to be pledged, mortgaged
    8. (philosophy) to underlie in thought
    9. (logic) to be subject or subordinate to
    10. (grammar) the present tense

Usage notes

Conjugation

   Present: ὑπόκειμαι (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ὑπόκειμαι ὑπόκεισαι ὑπόκειται         ὑπόκεινται
subjunctive     ὑποκέηται          
optative ὑποκεοίμην   ὑποκέοιτο         ὑποκέοιντο
imperative   ὑπόκεισο ὑποκείσθω          
infinitive ὑπόκεισθαι
participle m ὑποκείμενος
f ὑποκειμένη
n ὑποκείμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ὑπεκείμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ὑπεκείμην   ὑπέκειτο          
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Future: ὑποκείσομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ὑποκείσομαι ὑποκείσῃ,
ὑποκείσει 		ὑποκείσεται ὑποκείσεσθον ὑποκείσεσθον ὑποκεισόμεθᾰ ὑποκείσεσθε ὑποκείσονται
optative ὑποκεισοίμην ὑποκείσοιο ὑποκείσοιτο ὑποκείσοισθον ὑποκεισοίσθην ὑποκεισοίμεθᾰ ὑποκείσοισθε ὑποκείσοιντο
middle
infinitive ὑποκείσεσθαι
participle m ὑποκεισόμενος
f ὑποκεισομένη
n ὑποκεισόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

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