height

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συνερκτικός γάρ ἐστι καὶ περαντικός, καὶ γνωμοτυπικὸς καὶ σαφὴς καὶ κρουστικός, καταληπτικός τ' ἄριστα τοῦ θορυβητικοῦ → he's intimidative, penetrative, aphoristically originative, clear and aggressive, and superlatively terminative of the obstreperative

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substantive

P. and V. ὕψος, τό.

of persons: P. and V. μέγεθος,

hill: P. and V. λόφος, ὁ, V. πάγος. ὁ, αἶπος, τό, ἄκρα, ἡ (Euripides, Orestes 871), Ar. and V. ὄχθος, ὁ.

heights, high ground: P. ὑψηλὰ χωρία, τὰ μετέωρα, P. and V. τὰ ἄκρα.

eminence, high rank: P. and V. ἀξίωμα, τό, τιμή, ἡ.

highest point, Met.: P. and V. ἀκμή, ἡ, ἄκρον, τό.

be at its height, v.: P. and V. ἀκμάζειν.

come to such a height (of folly, etc.): P. and V. εἰς τοσοῦτο (or τοσόνδε or τόδε) μωρίας ἀφικνεῖσθαι.

it is the height of folly to go to war: P. πολλὴ ἄνοια πολεμῆσαι (Thuc. 2, 61).

the height of madness: P. ὑπερβολὴ μανίας.

you are come to the height of suffering: V. ἥκεις συμφορᾶς πρὸς τοὔσχατον (Euripides, Orestes 447).

Translations

Albanian: lartësi; Amharic: ከፍታ; Arabic: اِرْتِفَاع‎; Egyptian Arabic: ارتفاع‎; Armenian: բարձրություն; Azerbaijani: ucalıq, hündürlük, yüksəklik; Bashkir: бейеклек; Belarusian: вышыня, высачыня; Bengali: উচ্চতা; Bulgarian: височина; Burmese: အမြင့်, စောက်; Catalan: altura; Cherokee: ᎢᎦᏘ; Chinese Mandarin: 高低, 高度; Czech: výška; Danish: højde; Dutch: hoogte; Esperanto: alteco, alto; Estonian: kõrgus; Ewe: kɔkɔme; Finnish: korkeus; French: hauteur; Friulian: altece; Galician: altura; Georgian: სიმაღლე; German: Höhe; Alemannic German: Hööchi; Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌴𐌹, 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰; Greek: ύψος; Ancient Greek: αἶπος, ἄκρον, ἔξαρσις, ἔπαρμα, ὕψος, ὕψωμα; Gujarati: ઊંચાઈ; Haitian Creole: wotè; Hebrew: רָמָה‎; Hindi: ऊंचाई; Hungarian: magasság; Icelandic: hæð; Italian: altezza; Japanese: 高さ, 高度; Kazakh: биіктік; Khmer: កំពស់; Korean: 높이, 고도; Kurdish Central Kurdish: بەرزی‎; Kyrgyz: бийиктик; Ladino: בוֹיי‎; Lao: ຄວາມສຸງ; Latgalian: augstums; Latin: altitudo, proceritas; Latvian: augstums; Lithuanian: aukštis, aukštumas; Luxembourgish: Héicht; Macedonian: висина, височина; Malay: ketinggian; Malayalam: ഉയരം; Maori: tiketike; Maranao: tas; Mauritian Creole: oter; Mongolian: өндөр; Norman: haûteu; Norwegian Bokmål: høyde; Oromo: hojjaa; Persian: بلندی‎, ارتفاع‎; Polish: wysokość; Portuguese: altura; Romanian: înălţime; Russian: высота, вышина; Sanskrit: ऊर्ध्व; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: висина; Roman: visina; Skolt Sami: õllivuõtt; Slovak: výška; Slovene: višina; Somali: kor, sare; Spanish: altura; Swedish: höjd, längd; Tagalog: taas; Tajik: баландӣ; Tausug: tas; Telugu: పొడుగు; Thai: ความสูง, ส่วนสูง; Turkish: yükseklik; Turkmen: beýiklik; Ukrainian: висота, височина, високість, височі́нь, вишина; Urdu: اونچائی‎; Uyghur: ئېگىزلىك‎; Uzbek: balandlik, yuksaklik; Venetian: altézsa; Vietnamese: độ cao, cao; Welsh: uchder; Yiddish: הייך‎; Zulu: ubude