ὕψι

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ὕψι. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ὕψι, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ὕψι in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ὕψι you have here. The definition of the word ὕψι will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofὕψι, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

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”).^[1]

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)
Ὑψήνωρ (Hupsḗnōr)
ὑψιβρεμέτης (hupsibremétēs)
ὑψικάρηνος (hupsikárēnos)
Ὑψικλῆς (Hupsiklês)
ὑψίπυλος (hupsípulos)
ὕψιστος (húpsistos)
ὕψος (húpsos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὕψι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1541

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

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia