υπερ | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

ὑπέρ: a preposition governing the genitive, meaning over, above, beyond; also in the sense of advocacy—on behalf of, in defense of, or in favor of (for the benefit of).

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Grammatical Analysis

"υπερ"

Case governed: genitive, accusative (rarely dative in poetry)

Meaning with genitive: on behalf of, for; about, concerning; over

Meaning with accusative: above, over, beyond

Meaning with dative: over, above (only poetically)

Indeclinable: true

Related Forms of ὑπέρ

2 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ὑπὲρ preposition υπέρ preposition

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