ὑψηλός
See also: υψηλός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὕψι (húpsi, “high”), ὕψος (húpsos, “height, summit”) + -λός (-lós). Compare Proto-Celtic *ouxselos, whence Old Irish úasal, Welsh uchel and the first part of Gaulish Uxellodunum.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hyp.sɛː.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yp.se̝ˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yp.siˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yp.siˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ip.siˈlos/
Adjective
ῠ̔ψηλός • (hupsēlós) m (feminine ῠ̔ψηλή, neuter ῠ̔ψηλόν); first/second declension
- high, lofty
- 5th century BC, Pherecrates, Collected Works 64
- (figuratively) high, lofty, stately, proud
- (of persons)
- Metrodorus, Fragments 57
- (of poets) sublime
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ῠ̔ψηλός hupsēlós |
ῠ̔ψηλή hupsēlḗ |
ῠ̔ψηλόν hupsēlón |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ hupsēlā́ |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλοί hupsēloí |
ῠ̔ψηλαί hupsēlaí |
ῠ̔ψηλᾰ́ hupsēlá | |||||
Genitive | ῠ̔ψηλοῦ hupsēloû |
ῠ̔ψηλῆς hupsēlês |
ῠ̔ψηλοῦ hupsēloû |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖν hupsēloîn |
ῠ̔ψηλαῖν hupsēlaîn |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖν hupsēloîn |
ῠ̔ψηλῶν hupsēlôn |
ῠ̔ψηλῶν hupsēlôn |
ῠ̔ψηλῶν hupsēlôn | |||||
Dative | ῠ̔ψηλῷ hupsēlôi |
ῠ̔ψηλῇ hupsēlêi |
ῠ̔ψηλῷ hupsēlôi |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖν hupsēloîn |
ῠ̔ψηλαῖν hupsēlaîn |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖν hupsēloîn |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖς hupsēloîs |
ῠ̔ψηλαῖς hupsēlaîs |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖς hupsēloîs | |||||
Accusative | ῠ̔ψηλόν hupsēlón |
ῠ̔ψηλήν hupsēlḗn |
ῠ̔ψηλόν hupsēlón |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ hupsēlā́ |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλούς hupsēloús |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ς hupsēlā́s |
ῠ̔ψηλᾰ́ hupsēlá | |||||
Vocative | ῠ̔ψηλέ hupsēlé |
ῠ̔ψηλή hupsēlḗ |
ῠ̔ψηλόν hupsēlón |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ hupsēlā́ |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλοί hupsēloí |
ῠ̔ψηλαί hupsēlaí |
ῠ̔ψηλᾰ́ hupsēlá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ῠ̔ψηλῶς hupsēlôs |
ῠ̔ψηλότερος hupsēlóteros |
ῠ̔ψηλότᾰτος hupsēlótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ῠ̔ψηλός hupsēlós |
ῠ̔ψηλή hupsēlḗ |
ῠ̔ψηλόν hupsēlón |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ hupsēlā́ |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλοί hupsēloí |
ῠ̔ψηλαί hupsēlaí |
ῠ̔ψηλᾰ́ hupsēlá | |||||
Genitive | ῠ̔ψηλοῦ / ῠ̔ψηλοῖο / ῠ̔ψηλόο hupsēloû / hupsēloîo / hupsēlóo |
ῠ̔ψηλῆς hupsēlês |
ῠ̔ψηλοῦ / ῠ̔ψηλοῖο / ῠ̔ψηλόο hupsēloû / hupsēloîo / hupsēlóo |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖῐν hupsēloîin |
ῠ̔ψηλαῖν / ῠ̔ψηλαῖῐν / ῠ̔ψηλῇῐν hupsēlaî(i)n / hupsēlêiin |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖῐν hupsēloîin |
ῠ̔ψηλῶν hupsēlôn |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ων / ῠ̔ψηλέ͜ων / ῠ̔ψηλῶν hupsēlā́ōn / hupsēlé͜ōn / hupsēlôn |
ῠ̔ψηλῶν hupsēlôn | |||||
Dative | ῠ̔ψηλῷ hupsēlôi |
ῠ̔ψηλῇ hupsēlêi |
ῠ̔ψηλῷ hupsēlôi |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖῐν hupsēloîin |
ῠ̔ψηλαῖν / ῠ̔ψηλαῖῐν / ῠ̔ψηλῇῐν hupsēlaî(i)n / hupsēlêiin |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖῐν hupsēloîin |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖσῐ / ῠ̔ψηλοῖσῐν / ῠ̔ψηλοῖς hupsēloîsi(n) / hupsēloîs |
ῠ̔ψηλῇσῐ / ῠ̔ψηλῇσῐν / ῠ̔ψηλῇς / ῠ̔ψηλαῖς hupsēlêisi(n) / hupsēlêis / hupsēlaîs |
ῠ̔ψηλοῖσῐ / ῠ̔ψηλοῖσῐν / ῠ̔ψηλοῖς hupsēloîsi(n) / hupsēloîs | |||||
Accusative | ῠ̔ψηλόν hupsēlón |
ῠ̔ψηλήν hupsēlḗn |
ῠ̔ψηλόν hupsēlón |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ hupsēlā́ |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλούς hupsēloús |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ς hupsēlā́s |
ῠ̔ψηλᾰ́ hupsēlá | |||||
Vocative | ῠ̔ψηλέ hupsēlé |
ῠ̔ψηλή hupsēlḗ |
ῠ̔ψηλόν hupsēlón |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλᾱ́ hupsēlā́ |
ῠ̔ψηλώ hupsēlṓ |
ῠ̔ψηλοί hupsēloí |
ῠ̔ψηλαί hupsēlaí |
ῠ̔ψηλᾰ́ hupsēlá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ῠ̔ψηλῶς hupsēlôs |
ῠ̔ψηλότερος hupsēlóteros |
ῠ̔ψηλότᾰτος hupsēlótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
- ῠ̔ψηλόκρημνος (hupsēlókrēmnos)
Further reading
- “ὑψηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑψηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὑψηλός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὑψηλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὑψηλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὑψηλός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5308 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- boastful idem, page 87.
- braggart idem, page 93.
- branching idem, page 93.
- contemptuous idem, page 167.
- disdainful idem, page 232.
- grandiloquent idem, page 369.
- haughty idem, page 388.
- high idem, page 399.
- highest idem, page 400.
- hilly idem, page 400.
- inflated idem, page 438.
- lofty idem, page 497.
- magniloquent idem, page 507.
- majestic idem, page 508.
- proud idem, page 653.
- scornful idem, page 741.
- sonorous idem, page 793.
- sounding idem, page 796.
- sublime idem, page 831.
- supercilious idem, page 838.
- swelling idem, page 848.
- towering idem, page 884.
- vain idem, page 942.
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