ὑψηλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν (also <b class="b3">-ός, όν</b> Demetr.Troezen.''1'' Diels): Comp. and Sup. <b class="b3">-ότερος, -ότατος</b>, and irreg. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -έστατος <span class="bibl">Paus.5.13.9</span>: (ὕψι, ὕψος): —[[high]], [[lofty]], θάλαμος <span class="bibl">Od.1.426</span>; πύργος <span class="bibl">Il.3.384</span>, etc.; of a [[highland]] country, χώρη ὀρεινὴ . . καὶ ὑψηλή <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.110</span>; ὑψλὰ χωρία <span class="bibl">Th.3.97</span>; and [[ὑψηλά]] alone, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>732c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ὑψηλοῦ εἶναι, καθῆσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.5.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>6</span>; ἐν ὑψηλῷ τινι καταστάς <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Eum.</span> 17</span>; ἀπὸ ὑψηλοῦ κρεμασθείς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>175d</span>; ἀφ' ὑψηλοτέρου καθορῶντες <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.29</span>; <b class="b3">ἐποικοδομήσαντες ὑψηλότερον [τὸ τεῖχος</b>] <span class="bibl">Th.7.4</span>. Adv., -λῶς καθήμενος <span class="bibl">Pherecr. 64</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[high]], [[lofty]], [[stately]], [[proud]], <b class="b3">ὄλβος, ἀρεταί, κλέος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.22</span>, <span class="bibl">5.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>3.111</span>; τέχνη θεσπεσία τις καὶ ὑ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>289e</span>; ὑ. καὶ χαύνη ἐλπίς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ep.</span>341e</span>; <b class="b3">ὑψηλὰ κομπεῖν</b> talk [[high]] and boastfully, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1230</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, opp. [[δυσδαίμων]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>418</span>; ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>613</span> (lyr.); ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ὑ. εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>730</span>; ἐπὶ τούτοις ὑ. ἐξαρεῖν αὑτόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>494d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.3.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.174</span>; [δαίμονα] ὑ. αἴρειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>555</span>; τὸ νέον ἅπαν ὑ. καὶ θρασύ Metrod.<span class="title">Fr.</span>57; αὑτὸν παρέχειν -ότερον λημμάτων <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span> 25</span>; ὑ. τῷ ἤθει <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dio</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[upraised]], i.e. [[mighty]], ἐν βραχίονι -λῷ <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>6.1</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of poets, [[sublime]], Longin.40.2; <b class="b3">τὰ -ότερα</b> the [[loftier]], [[sublimer]] thoughts or language, Id.43.3; <b class="b3">ὑ. λέξις, λόγος</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 13</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>5</span>. Adv. -λῶς Gal.10.12.</span>