ὕψωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑψόω (hupsóō, “to lift, elevate”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hýp.sɔː.ma/ → /ˈyp.so.ma/ → /ˈip.so.ma/

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

Noun

ὕψωμᾰ • (húpsōma) n (genitive ὑψώμᾰτος); third declension

1. elevation, height
2. (astrology) exaltation of a heavenly body
3. (figuratively) exaltation

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὕψωμᾰ; τοῦ ὑψώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὕψωμᾰ tò húpsōma	τὼ ὑψώμᾰτε tṑ hupsṓmate	τᾰ̀ ὑψώμᾰτᾰ tà hupsṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὑψώμᾰτος toû hupsṓmatos	τοῖν ὑψωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupsōmátoin	τῶν ὑψωμᾰ́των tôn hupsōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ὑψώμᾰτῐ tôi hupsṓmati	τοῖν ὑψωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupsōmátoin	τοῖς ὑψώμᾰσῐ / ὑψώμᾰσῐν toîs hupsṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὕψωμᾰ tò húpsōma	τὼ ὑψώμᾰτε tṑ hupsṓmate	τᾰ̀ ὑψώμᾰτᾰ tà hupsṓmata
Vocative	ὕψωμᾰ húpsōma	ὑψώμᾰτε hupsṓmate	ὑψώμᾰτᾰ hupsṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὕψωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὕψωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette