1. ὕψι · hypsi — Beekes
The corpus record
ὕψι
upsi
up, above; aloft, upwards; high
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Where it lives
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Iliad 8 · 0.72/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
What it meant
2. ὕψι · hypsi — Chantraine
3. ὕψι · hypsi — Frisk
4. ὕψῐ · hypsi — LSJ
on high, aloft, ὕ. δʼ ἀναθρῴσκων πέτεται Il. 13.140; ὕ. βιβάς ib. 371; Ζεὺς ἥμενος ὕ. 20.155, cf. Od. 16.264; ἴρηξ . . ἀηδόνα . . ὕ. μάλʼ ἐν νεφέεσσι φέρων Hes. Op. 204; ἐμάχοντο . . ἀπὸ νηῶν ὕ. μελαινάων ἐπιβάντες from high on the ships, Il. 15.387; ὕ . . . ἀέλλη σκίδνατο 16.374; ὕ . . . ὁρμίσσομεν out at sea, 14.77. (Hence ὑψίων, ὑψίτερος, ὕψιστος,—all prob. connected with ὑπέρ.)
In the wild
- ὕψι · hypsi Works and Days 203–204
- ὕψι · hypsi Iliad 13.140
- ὕψι · hypsi Iliad 13.371
- ὕψι · hypsi Iliad 14.77
- ὕψι · hypsi Iliad 15.387
- ὕψι · hypsi Iliad 16.374
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὕψι (scan p. 1592; entry #6277). Root candidates: *up-, *oupso-, *oupselo-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὕψι (scan p. 1183; entry #8299).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὕψι (scan p. 1950; entry #5865).
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