ὕψι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-; cognate with Old Irish úas (“above”) and Proto-Slavic *vysь (“height”).

Pronunciation

(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)

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)
Ὑψικλῆς (Hupsiklês)
ὑψίπυλος (hupsípulos)
ὕψιστος (húpsistos)
ὕψος (húpsos)

References

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

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