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|Definition=εος, τό, (ὕψι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[height]], ὕψος κρεῖσσον ἐκπηδήματος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1376</span>; εἰς ὕ. αἴρειν τινά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>404</span>; κυπαρίττων ὕψη καὶ κάλλη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>625c</span>; <b class="b3">ὕ. ἔχειν, λαμβάνειν</b>, rise some [[height]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.91</span>, <span class="bibl">4.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.75</span>; ἀφ' ὕψους [με] δισκοβόλησε <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>336 (Alexandria Troas): pl., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 44d</span>: abs. <b class="b3">ὕψος</b>, <b class="b2">in height</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μῆκος, εὖρος, πλάτος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.50</span>, <span class="bibl">178</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.372.24, 22.1666<span class="hiitalic">A</span>79, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>38.12</span>, al. (iii B. C.); so ἐς ὕψος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.13</span>, <span class="bibl">155</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[summit]], [[crown]], ὕ. ἀμαθίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>351d</span>; σεμνότητος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>398a12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[sublimity]], [[grandeur]], τῶν λόγων Metrod.<span class="title">Herc.</span>831.8, cf. Longin.1.1, al.: pl., Id.3.4, 7.4.</span>