ὑπάτη
From LSJ
Σὺν τοῖς φίλοισιν εὐτυχεῖν ἀεὶ θέλε → Bona sine amicis noli fortuna frui → Mit deinen Freunden wolle immer glücklich sein
English (LSJ)
(sc. χορδή), ἡ,
A the highest of the three strings which formed the framework of the musical scale (opp. νεάτη, μέση), but the lowest in pitch, Philol.6, Pl.R.443d, etc.; αἱ ὑπάται the highest tetrachord, Anon.Oxy.667.16; τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπάτων . . ἐπίτασιν raising of pitch from the low notes, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.10.7; τὸ βομβυκέστερον τῶν ὑπατῶν Nicom.Harm.11; ὑπάτη ὑπατῶν ibid. (but ὑ. ὑπάτων Cleonid.Harm.4).
