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 (ἀποκοπή) before a following word beginning with a vowel or rough breathing

Government: takes genitive or accusative (rarely dative in some authors)

Basic functions: {'with_genitive': "agent/instrument/source: 'by, under (the agency of), from under'", 'with_accusative': "place/motion: 'under, beneath; to/into under'"}

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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