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ὑψίπολις

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: hypsípolis Transliteration B: hypsipolis Transliteration C: ypsipolis Beta Code: u(yi/polis

English (LSJ)

ιδος or εως, ὁ, ἡ,

   A citizen of a proud city, opp. ἄπολις, S.Ant.370 (lyr.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὑψίπολις: ἡ, ὁ ὑψηλῆς τιμῆς ἀπολαύων ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ ἄπολις, Σοφ. Ἀντ. 370.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ιος (ὁ, ἡ)
qui occupe un haut rang dans la cité.
Étymologie: ὕψι, πόλις.

Greek Monolingual

-όλεως και -όλιδος, ὁ, ἡ, Α
1. πολίτης ένδοξης πόλης
2. ο ύψιστος πολίτης μιας πόλης ή, κατ' άλλους, αυτός που δοξάζει την πόλη του, την πατρίδα του.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὕψί «ψηλά» + πόλις (πρβλ. πολύ-πολις)].

Greek Monotonic

ὑψίπολις: ἡ, αυτός που απολαμβάνει υψηλών τιμών στην πόλη του, σε Σοφ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὑψίπολις: ιος adj. занимающий высокий государственный пост, власть имущий Soph.

Middle Liddell

ὑψί-πολις, ιος, ἡ,
high or honoured in one's city, Soph.