ὑπ’
Lemma: ὑπό
preposition
preposition
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Added Nov 04, 2026
Definition
Under; beneath. Also used of subordination or agency (“under, subject to; by”); with the accusative it often indicates motion or extension to a position “under.”
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Grammatical Analysis
"ὑπ’"
Lemma: ὑπό
Form: ὑπ’
Elision: final -ο of ὑπό elided before a following word beginning with a vowel (or rough breathing); apostrophe marks elision
Government: takes genitive, dative, or accusative depending on sense
Syntactic functions: {'with_genitive': 'agent/instrumental source (often with passive: ‘by’)', 'with_dative': 'position/rest (‘under, beneath’)', 'with_accusative': 'motion toward/under or extension (‘to/under, beneath’)'}
Related Forms of ὑπό
9 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed: