ὑπο

Before a vowel ὑπ-. Also in assimilated forms ὑβ-, ὑφ-.

• • 1

    From under something.

  • 2

    In reference to direction, from beneath or below.

  • 3

    From the power, reach or range of something.

  • 4

    Under, beneath or below something.

  • 5

    Under the power or orders of someone.

  • 6

    In reference to conception or the bearing of offspring indicating the submission of the female to the male.

  • 7

    Indicating coming under an obligation or undertaking.

  • 8

    To underneath something.–

  • 9

    Motion beneath something.

  • 10

    Returning, coming back.

  • 11

    Indicating a coming or an instilling into the mind or heart.

  • 12

    Indicating (sometimes vaguely) occasion, cause, purpose, correspondence, concurrence, competition, response, relationship, contrast, or the like.