"ὑπήνη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὑπήνη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hy.pɛ̌ː.nɛː/, /yˈpi.ni/, /iˈpi.ni/, /hy.pɛ̌ː.nɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)yˈpe̝.ne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /yˈpi.ni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /yˈpi.ni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /iˈpi.ni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Ending like ἀπήνη (apḗnē), λαμπήνη (lampḗnē) and ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē). Traditionally explained as a compound of Proto-Indo-European *upó (“under, below”) and a root common to Sanskrit आन (āna, “face, mouth, nose”). Yet this etymology is semantically unsatisfactory and formally difficult. Alternatively, the word has often been considered to be Pre-Greek, in view of the typical substrate suffix -ήνη. Etymology templates: {{cog|ine-pro|*upó||under, below}} Proto-Indo-European *upó (“under, below”), {{cog|sa|आन||face, mouth, nose}} Sanskrit आन (āna, “face, mouth, nose”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὑπήνης|f|first}} ὑπήνη • (hupḗnē) f (genitive ὑπήνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὑπήνη|ης|form=F}} Forms: hupḗnē [romanization], ὑπήνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ὑπήνη [nominative, singular], ὑπήνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ὑπῆναι [nominative, plural], τῆς ὑπήνης [genitive, singular], ὑπήναιν [dual, genitive], ὑπηνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ὑπήνῃ [dative, singular], ὑπήναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ὑπήναις [dative, plural], τὴν ὑπήνην [accusative, singular], ὑπήνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ὑπήνᾱς [accusative, plural], ὑπήνη [singular, vocative], ὑπήνᾱ [dual, vocative], ὑπῆναι [plural, vocative]
  1. moustache, hair on the upper lip Synonyms: μύσταξ
    Sense id: en-ὑπήνη-grc-noun-ibngOMir Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hair Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Hair: 58 42
  2. (in general) beard Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-ὑπήνη-grc-noun-lBGSq7CG Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἀνύπηνος (anúpēnos), ὑπηνήτης (hupēnḗtēs), ὑπηνόβιος (hupēnóbios)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "anúpēnos",
      "word": "ἀνύπηνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hupēnḗtēs",
      "word": "ὑπηνήτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hupēnóbios",
      "word": "ὑπηνόβιος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Hypena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Hypena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Hypena"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*upó",
        "3": "",
        "4": "under, below"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "आन",
        "3": "",
        "4": "face, mouth, nose"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ending like ἀπήνη (apḗnē), λαμπήνη (lampḗnē) and ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē). Traditionally explained as a compound of Proto-Indo-European *upó (“under, below”) and a root common to Sanskrit आन (āna, “face, mouth, nose”). Yet this etymology is semantically unsatisfactory and formally difficult. Alternatively, the word has often been considered to be Pre-Greek, in view of the typical substrate suffix -ήνη.",
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      "form": "hupḗnē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήνης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "αἱ ὑπῆναι",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "ὑπήναιν",
      "roman": "hupḗnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ὑπηνῶν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τῇ ὑπήνῃ",
      "roman": "têi hupḗnēi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ὑπήναιν",
      "roman": "hupḗnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ὑπήναις",
      "roman": "taîs hupḗnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ὑπήνην",
      "roman": "tḕn hupḗnēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήνᾱ",
      "roman": "hupḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ὑπήνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s hupḗnās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήνη",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπῆναι",
      "roman": "hupênai",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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        "2": "ης",
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      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
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          "_dis": "58 42",
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          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "grc:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "moustache, hair on the upper lip"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "moustache",
          "moustache"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "upper lip",
          "upper lip"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "μύσταξ"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "beard",
          "beard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in general) beard"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hy.pɛ̌ː.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yˈpi.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈpi.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hy.pɛ̌ː.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)yˈpe̝.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yˈpi.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yˈpi.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈpi.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὑπήνη"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "anúpēnos",
      "word": "ἀνύπηνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hupēnḗtēs",
      "word": "ὑπηνήτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hupēnóbios",
      "word": "ὑπηνόβιος"
    }
  ],
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        {
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    }
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        "3": "",
        "4": "under, below"
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
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        "4": "face, mouth, nose"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ending like ἀπήνη (apḗnē), λαμπήνη (lampḗnē) and ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē). Traditionally explained as a compound of Proto-Indo-European *upó (“under, below”) and a root common to Sanskrit आन (āna, “face, mouth, nose”). Yet this etymology is semantically unsatisfactory and formally difficult. Alternatively, the word has often been considered to be Pre-Greek, in view of the typical substrate suffix -ήνη.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "hupḗnē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήνης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ὑπήνη",
      "roman": "hē hupḗnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήνᾱ",
      "roman": "hupḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ὑπῆναι",
      "roman": "hai hupênai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ὑπήνης",
      "roman": "tês hupḗnēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήναιν",
      "roman": "hupḗnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπηνῶν",
      "roman": "hupēnôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ὑπήνῃ",
      "roman": "têi hupḗnēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήναιν",
      "roman": "hupḗnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ὑπήναις",
      "roman": "taîs hupḗnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ὑπήνην",
      "roman": "tḕn hupḗnēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήνᾱ",
      "roman": "hupḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ὑπήνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s hupḗnās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήνη",
      "roman": "hupḗnē",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπήνᾱ",
      "roman": "hupḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὑπῆναι",
      "roman": "hupênai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὑπήνης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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    {
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        "1": "ὑπήνη",
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "moustache, hair on the upper lip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moustache",
          "moustache"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
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          "upper lip",
          "upper lip"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "μύσταξ"
        }
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beard"
      ],
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        [
          "beard",
          "beard"
        ]
      ],
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        "(in general) beard"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hy.pɛ̌ː.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yˈpi.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈpi.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hy.pɛ̌ː.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)yˈpe̝.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yˈpi.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yˈpi.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈpi.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὑπήνη"
}

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