ὕπαρξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπάρχω (hupárkhō, “I begin, exist”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hý.park.sis/ → /ˈy.park.sis/ → /ˈi.park.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.park.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.park.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.park.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.park.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.park.sis/

Noun

ῠ̔́πᾰρξῐς • (hŭ́părxĭs) f (genitive ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεως); third declension

1. existence, reality
   1. (logic) existence
   2. (grammar) substantive
   3. (mathematics) positive term
2. substance

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῠ̔́πᾰρξῐς; τῆς ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔́πᾰρξῐς hē hŭ́părxĭs	τὼ ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξει tṑ hŭpắrxei	αἱ ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεις hai hŭpắrxeis
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεως tês hŭpắrxeōs	τοῖν ῠ̔πᾰρξέοιν toîn hŭpărxéoin	τῶν ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεων tôn hŭpắrxeōn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξει têi hŭpắrxei	τοῖν ῠ̔πᾰρξέοιν toîn hŭpărxéoin	ταῖς ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεσῐ / ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεσῐν taîs hŭpắrxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔́πᾰρξῐν tḕn hŭ́părxĭn	τὼ ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξει tṑ hŭpắrxei	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεις tā̀s hŭpắrxeis
Vocative	ῠ̔́πᾰρξῐ hŭ́părxĭ	ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξει hŭpắrxei	ῠ̔πᾰ́ρξεις hŭpắrxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• συνύπαρξις (sunúparxis)

Descendants

• Greek: ύπαρξη (ýparxi)

Further reading

• “ὕπαρξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὕπαρξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5223 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible