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ὑπόκειμαι

Pronunciation: /hy.pó.keː.mai̯/

“ὑπόκειμαι” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to lie under
  2. to lie below
  3. to be put under the eyes, to be submitted or proposed to one
  4. to be laid down as a ground of argument, to be assumed as a hypothesis
  5. to be suggested
  6. to be left at bottom, left remaining, reserved
  7. to be subject, to submit to, to bow down before, be submissive
  8. to be subject to, liable to
  9. to be left behind in pledge, to be pledged, mortgaged
  10. to underlie in thought
  11. to be subject or subordinate to
  12. the present tense

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “under”) + κεῖμαι (keîmai, “lie”).

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