ὑπόστασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὑπό (hupó, “down, under”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”)

Noun

ὑπόστασις • (hupóstasis) f (genitive ὑπόστασεως); third declension

  1. foundation, base
  2. assurance, support
  3. subject-matter
  4. sediment
  5. (philosophy) essence, real nature
  6. (theology) hypostasis

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ὑπόστασῐς; τῆς ὑποστάσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὑπόστασῐς
hē hupóstasis		 τὼ ὑποστάσει
tṑ hupostásei		 αἱ ὑποστάσεις
hai hupostáseis
Genitive τῆς ὑποστάσεως
tês hupostáseōs		 τοῖν ὑποστασέοιν
toîn hupostaséoin		 τῶν ὑποστάσεων
tôn hupostáseōn
Dative τῇ ὑποστάσει
têi hupostásei		 τοῖν ὑποστασέοιν
toîn hupostaséoin		 ταῖς ὑποστάσεσῐ / ὑποστάσεσῐν
taîs hupostásesi(n)
Accusative τὴν ὑπόστασῐν
tḕn hupóstasin		 τὼ ὑποστάσει
tṑ hupostásei		 τᾱ̀ς ὑποστάσεις
tā̀s hupostáseis
Vocative ὑπόστασῐ
hupóstasi		 ὑποστάσει
hupostásei		 ὑποστάσεις
hupostáseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
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