ὕψιστος

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Superlative of the adverb ῠ̔́ψῐ (húpsi, “on high”).

Pronunciation edit

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hýp.sis.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)yp.sis.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈyp.sis.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈyp.sis.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sis.tos/

Adjective edit

ῠ̔́ψῐστος • (húpsistos) m (feminine ῠ̔ψῐ́στη, neuter ῠ̔́ψῐστον); first/second declension

highest, loftiest
(Koine, biblical, figurative, poetic, in the plural) highest, loftiest, most high; in heaven above; most heavenly
- The Gospel of Luke (Novum Testamentum Graece) 2:13–14, (Nota Bene: Textus Receptus reads ...ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία. King James Version: ...good will toward men.):
  καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου αἰνούντων τὸν Θεὸν καὶ λεγόντων· Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας.
  kaì exaíphnēs egéneto sùn tôi angélōi plêthos stratiâs ouraníou ainoúntōn tòn Theòn kaì legóntōn; Dóxa en hupsístois Theôi kaì epì gês eirḗnē en anthrṓpois eudokías.
  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.

See also: ὕψιστα

Inflection edit

First and second declension of ῠ̔́ψῐστος; ῠ̔ψῐ́στη; ῠ̔́ψῐστον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῠ̔́ψῐστος húpsistos	ῠ̔ψῐ́στη hupsístē	ῠ̔́ψῐστον húpsiston	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hupsístā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔́ψῐστοι húpsistoi	ῠ̔́ψῐσται húpsistai	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ húpsista
Genitive	ῠ̔ψῐ́στου hupsístou	ῠ̔ψῐ́στης hupsístēs	ῠ̔ψῐ́στου hupsístou	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hupsístoin	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταιν hupsístain	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hupsístoin	ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hupsístōn	ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hupsístōn	ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hupsístōn
Dative	ῠ̔ψῐ́στῳ hupsístōi	ῠ̔ψῐ́στῃ hupsístēi	ῠ̔ψῐ́στῳ hupsístōi	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hupsístoin	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταιν hupsístain	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hupsístoin	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοις hupsístois	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταις hupsístais	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοις hupsístois
Accusative	ῠ̔́ψῐστον húpsiston	ῠ̔ψῐ́στην hupsístēn	ῠ̔́ψῐστον húpsiston	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hupsístā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στους hupsístous	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱς hupsístās	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ húpsista
Vocative	ῠ̔́ψῐστε húpsiste	ῠ̔ψῐ́στη hupsístē	ῠ̔́ψῐστον húpsiston	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hupsístā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔́ψῐστοι húpsistoi	ῠ̔́ψῐσται húpsistai	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ húpsista
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῠ̔ψῐ́στως hupsístōs			ῠ̔ψῐστότερος hupsistóteros			ῠ̔ψῐστότᾰτος hupsistótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References edit

“ὕψιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ὕψιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ὕψιστος 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
G5310 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- highest idem, page 400.
- supreme idem, page 842.