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ὕπᾰρ

upar

vision

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1. ὕπαρ · hypar — Beekes

ὕπαρ [n.] ‘vision’, as opposed to ὄναρ ‘deceiving dream’ (τ 547, v 90), ‘true and visible appearance, reality, being awake’, often as an adverb ‘while being awake, in reality, really’ (Pi., IA, Epid., etc.). *VAR Indeclinable. *ETYM Originally ‘sleep, dream’; the opposition to ὄναρ ‘deceiving dream’ > ‘dream’, led to the meaning ‘true dream’, whence ‘reality’ (Frisk Eranos 48 (1950): 131ff.). … — [Beekes, s.v. ὕπαρ, p. 1583]

2. ὕπαρ · hypar — Chantraine

ὕπαρ : n., indéclin., chez Hom. Od. 19,547, dans le passage où se trouve la fameuse distinction entre les songes véridiques et les songes trompeurs, ὕπαρ «songe véridique » est opposé à ὄναρ «songe trompeur »; même opposition en Od. 20,90 ; l'expression est bien attestée dans le grec postérieur chez Pi, Æsch., également en prose, notamment dans les inscriptions d'Épidaure, chez Platon, encore Pib., Plu., οἷο, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὕπαρ, p. 1176]

3. ὕπαρ · hypar — Frisk

ὕπαρ n. indekl. “Wahrtraum’ im Gegensatz zu övao "Trugtraum’ (τ 547, v 90), “wahre, sichtbare Erschemung, Wirklichkeit, wacher Zustand’, oft als Adv. “ın wachem Zustand, in Wahrheit, wirklich’ (Pi., ion. att., Epid. usw.). — Urspr. "*Schlaf’, “Traum’; der Gegensatz zu ὄναρ urspr. “Trugtraum’, dann “Traum’ führte zur Bed. “Wahrtraum’ bzw. “Wirklichkeit’ (Frisk Eranos 48, 131ff. = Kl. Schr. 361ff.). — Neben ὕπαρ steht … — [Frisk, s.v. ὕπαρ, p. 1938]

4. ὕπᾰρ · hypar — LSJ

real appearance seen in a state of waking, waking vision, a (vision of) reality

real appearance seen in a state of waking, waking vision, opp. ὄναρ (a dream), οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλʼ ὕ. no illusive dream, but a (vision of) reality, Od. 19.547, 20.90; ἐξ ὀνείρου δʼ αὐτίκα ἦν ὕ. Pi. O. 13.67; ἵνα ὕ. ἀντʼ ὀνείρατος γίγνηται Pl. Plt. 278e.

II in a waking state, awake, waking, when one awakes, awake, waking, by day, waking, wide

acc. abs. is used as Adv., in a waking state, awake, ὕ. ἀλλήλοις διαλεγόμεθα Id. Tht. 158c, cf. IG 42(1).122.133, al. (Epid., iv B. C.); opp. ὄναρ, ἀμφισβήτημα . . περὶ τοῦ ὄναρ τε καὶ ὕ. a question . . about sleeping and waking, Pl. Tht. l.c.; οἷον ὄναρ εἰδὼς . . πάλιν ὥσπερ ὕ. ἀγνοεῖν knowing things in a dream . . not to know them when one awakes, Id. Plt. 277d; ὄναρ ἢ ὕ. ζῆν to pass life asleep or awake, Id. R. 476c, cf. Ti. 71e; καὶ ὄναρ καὶ ὕ. both sleeping and waking, i.e. both by day and

2 in reality, actually

ὕπαρ in reality, actually, ἔκρινα πρῶτος ἐξ ὀνειράτων ἃ χρὴ ὕ. γενέσθαι A. Pr. 486; ὕ. ἡ πόλις οἰκήσεται ἀλλʼ οὐκ ὄναρ Pl. R. 520c, cf. 574e, 576b, al.—The phrase καθʼ ὕπαρ is censured by Phryn. 395, and is f.l. for καθʼ ὕπνους in Apollod. 3.12.5.

5. ὑπάρ · hypar — LSJ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὕπᾰρ (scan p. 1583; entry #6231). Root candidates: *suep-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὕπᾰρ (scan p. 1176; entry #8244).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὕπᾰρ (scan p. 1938; entry #5830).

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