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|Definition=ὑψηλή, ὑψηλόν (also [[ὑψηλός]], [[ὑψηλόν]] Demetr.Troezen.''1'' Diels): Comp. and Sup. [[ὑψηλότερος]], [[ὑψηλότατος]], and irreg.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ὑψηλέστατος]] Paus.5.13.9: ([[ὕψι]], [[ὕψος]]): —[[high]], [[lofty]], [[θάλαμος]] Od.1.426; πύργος Il.3.384, etc.; of a [[highland]] [[country]], χώρη ὀρεινὴ . . καὶ ὑψηλή Hdt. 1.110; ὑψλὰ χωρία Th.3.97; and [[ὑψηλά]] alone, Pl.Lg.732c; ἐφ' ὑψηλοῦ [[εἶναι]], [[καθῆσθαι]], X.HG4.5.4, Luc. Rh.Pr.6; ἐν ὑψηλῷ τινι καταστάς Plu.Eum. 17; ἀπὸ ὑψηλοῦ κρεμασθείς Pl.Tht.175d; ἀφ' ὑψηλοτέρου καθορῶντες X.HG6.2.29; ἐποικοδομήσαντες ὑψηλότερον [τὸ τεῖχος] Th.7.4. Adv., ὑψηλῶς καθήμενος Pherecr. 64.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[high]], [[lofty]], [[stately]], [[proud]], [[ὄλβος]], [[ἀρεταί]], [[κλέος]], Pi.O.2.22, 5.1, P.3.111; τέχνη θεσπεσία τις καὶ ὑ. Pl.Euthd.289e; ὑ. καὶ χαύνη ἐλπίς Id.Ep.341e; ὑψηλὰ [[κομπεῖν]] = [[talk]] [[high]] and [[boastfully]], S.Aj.1230.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, opp. [[δυσδαίμων]], E.Hel.418; ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε Id.Heracl.613 (lyr.); ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ὑ. εἶναι Id.Hipp.730; ἐπὶ τούτοις ὑ. ἐξαρεῖν αὑτόν Pl.R.494d, cf. And.3.7, Aeschin.2.174; [δαίμονα] ὑ. [[αἴρειν]] E.Supp.555; τὸ νέον ἅπαν ὑ. καὶ θρασύ Metrod.Fr.57; αὑτὸν παρέχειν ὑψηλότερον λημμάτων Luc.Nigr. 25; ὑ. τῷ ἤθει Plu.Dio4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[upraised]], i.e. [[mighty]], ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ [[LXX]] Ex.6.1, al.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of poets, [[sublime]], Longin.40.2; [[τὰ ὑψηλότερα]] = the [[loftier]], [[sublimer]] thoughts or language, Id.43.3; ὑ. [[λέξις]], [[λόγος]], D.H.Lys. 13, Plu.Per.5. Adv. [[ὑψηλῶς]] Gal.10.12.