ὑψοῦ

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πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone

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Full diacritics: ὑψοῦ Medium diacritics: ὑψοῦ Low diacritics: υψού Capitals: ΥΨΟΥ
Transliteration A: hypsoû Transliteration B: hypsou Transliteration C: ypsoy Beta Code: u(you=

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 shipfar out’ in the roadstead, Od. 4.785.

English (Slater)

ὑψοῡ met.,
   1 on high εἴη σέ τε τοῦτον ὑψοῦ χρόνον πατεῖν (O. 1.115) ἀδελφεοῖσί τ' ἐπαινήσομεν ἐσλοῖς, ὅτι ὑψοῦ φέροντι νόμον Θεσσαλῶν αὔξοντες (P. 10.70)

English (Slater)

ὑψοῡ met.,
   1 on high εἴη σέ τε τοῦτον ὑψοῦ χρόνον πατεῖν (O. 1.115) ἀδελφεοῖσί τ' ἐπαινήσομεν ἐσλοῖς, ὅτι ὑψοῦ φέροντι νόμον Θεσσαλῶν αὔξοντες (P. 10.70)