ὕψι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An old locative form in *-i from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps- (“up, above”); cognate with Old Irish úas (“above”) and Proto-Slavic *vysь (“height”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hýp.si/ → /ˈyp.si/ → /ˈip.si/

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

Adverb

ὕψῐ • (húpsi)

1. on high, aloft
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.140
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.371
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 14.77
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.387
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.374
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.155
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 16.264
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 204

Derived terms

• ὑψερεφής (hupserephḗs)
• ὑψηλός (hupsēlós)
• Ὑψήνωρ (Hupsḗnōr)
• ὑψιβρεμέτης (hupsibremétēs)
• ὑψικάρηνος (hupsikárēnos)
• Ὑψικλῆς (Hupsiklês)
• ὑψίπυλος (hupsípulos)
• ὕψιστος (húpsistos)
• ὕψος (húpsos)

 

Further reading

• “ὕψῐ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὕψι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὕψι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὕψι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963