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ὑπό

Pronunciation: /hy.pó/

“ὑπό” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 17 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. from underneath
  2. under, beneath
  3. by, through
  4. of immediate acts of an agent, as well as further results
  5. denoting the attendant or accompanying circumstances
  6. to give the time
  7. under, near
  8. under, through, by
  9. expressing subjection or dependence
  10. of logical subordination
  11. of attendant circumstances
  12. to express motion towards and under
  13. of position or extension
  14. of subjection, control
  15. just after
  16. of accompaniment
  17. to a certain degree

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *upó (“under, below”), with regular rough breathing ῾ (h) before initial υ (u). Cognates include Latin sub and Sanskrit उप (úpa). The genitive is from the PIE ablative of origin or cause. The dative is from the PIE locative and metaphor of all infinitives coming from locatives. The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional and the PIE accusative of direct object.

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