ὑφ | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Under, beneath; used of position and, figuratively, of subordination or agency (“by”). With accusative it often marks motion or extent “under,” and with genitive “from under.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"ὑφ"

Form: ὑφ

Lemma: ὑπό

Note on form: elided form (apocope) of ὑπό before a following word beginning with an aspirate (rough breathing)

Governs case: genitive (typically ‘from under, by’ in passive agency) or accusative (typically ‘under’ with motion/extension); dative in older/poetic Greek

Function: preposition indicating subordination/under-ness; also marks agent with passive verbs when governing the genitive

Related Forms of ὑπό

7 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ὑπό preposition υπο preposition upo preposition ὑπὸ preposition ὑπο preposition υπό preposition ὑφ᾽ preposition

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