ὑψοῦ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
Adv., (ὕψος)
A high, νῆα . . ἔρυσσαν ὑ. ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις Il.1.486; ὑ. δ' ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γ' ὅρμισαν [νῆα] out from the beach, Od.4.785, 8.55; τῆς πόλιος . . ἐκκεχωσμένης ὑ. having the soil raised to a great height, Hdt.2.138; ὑ. πατεῖν Pi.O.1.115, cf. P.10.70, B.5.18; ὑ. κρέμασθαι Hermipp.55 (anap.); ὑ. φέρεσθαι Anaxil.22.30. II metaph., ἐξάρας με ὑ. having praised me highly, Hdt.9.79; ὑ. αἴρειν θυμόν S.OT914. Cf. ὑψόσε.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑψοῦ: Ἐπίρρ., (ὕψος) ὑψηλά, ἐν ὕψει, ἄνω, νῆα μέν… ἐπ’ ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις Ἰλ. Α. 486, Ὀδ. Δ. 785, κ. ἀλλ. (ἴδε ἐν λέξ. νότιος)· τῆς πόλιος… ἐκκεχωσμένης ὑψοῦ, τοῦ ἐδάφους ὑψωθέντος εἰς μέγα ὕψος, Ἡρόδ. 2. 138· ὑψοῦ πατεῖν Πινδ. Ο. 1. 184, πρβλ. Π. 10. 109· Χία δὲ κύλιξ ὑψοῦ κρέμαται περὶ πασσαλόφιν Ἕρμιπ. ἐν «Στρατιώταις» 3· «οἱ δὲ ἐρᾶσθαι προσδοκῶντες εὐθύς εἰσιν ἠρμένοι, καὶ φέρονθ’ ὑψοῦ πρὸς αἴθραν» Ἀναξίλας ἐν «Νεοττίδι» 1. 30. ΙΙ. μεταφορ., ὑψοῦ ἐξᾶραί τι, ἐπαινέσαι τι μεγάλως, Ἡρόδ. 9. 79· ὑψοῦ αἴρειν θυμὸν Σοφ. Οἰδ. Τύρ. 914 ― Πρβλ. ὑψόσε.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
en haut.
Étymologie: ὕψος.
English (Autenrieth)
aloft, on high; of moving a ship ‘far out’ in the roadstead, Od. 4.785.
