ὑπόθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔ποτῐ́θημῐ (hupotíthēmi, “I place under, set before, suggest”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis), from ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “below”) + τῐ́θημῐ (títhēmi, “to put, place”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῠ̔πόθεσῐς • (hupóthesis) f (genitive ῠ̔ποθέσεως); third declension

  1. proposal, proposed action; policy, intention
    1. suggestion, advice
    2. purpose
    3. occasion, excuse, pretext
    4. actor's role
    5. function, occupation, station
  2. subject proposed for discussion
    1. lawsuit, legal case
    2. subject, topic
    3. speech
    4. play, pantomime
  3. supposition, assumption, hypothesis
    1. presupposition
    2. premise
    3. starting point
    4. raw material
  4. mortgage
  5. placing under
    1. base (thing placed under another)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ῠ̔πόθεσῐς; τῆς ῠ̔ποθέσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῠ̔πόθεσῐς
hē hupóthesis		 τὼ ῠ̔ποθέσει
tṑ hupothései		 αἱ ῠ̔ποθέσεις
hai hupothéseis
Genitive τῆς ῠ̔ποθέσεως
tês hupothéseōs		 τοῖν ῠ̔ποθεσέοιν
toîn hupotheséoin		 τῶν ῠ̔ποθέσεων
tôn hupothéseōn
Dative τῇ ῠ̔ποθέσει
têi hupothései		 τοῖν ῠ̔ποθεσέοιν
toîn hupotheséoin		 ταῖς ῠ̔ποθέσεσῐ / ῠ̔ποθέσεσῐν
taîs hupothésesi(n)
Accusative τὴν ῠ̔πόθεσῐν
tḕn hupóthesin		 τὼ ῠ̔ποθέσει
tṑ hupothései		 τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔ποθέσεις
tā̀s hupothéseis
Vocative ῠ̔πόθεσῐ
hupóthesi		 ῠ̔ποθέσει
hupothései		 ῠ̔ποθέσεις
hupothéseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: υπόθεση f (ypóthesi)
  • → Latin: hypothesis (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: гипо́теза f (gipóteza)

Further reading
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