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ὕψιστος

upsistos

highest, loftiest

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὕψιστος · hypsistos — LSJ

highest, loftiest

highest, loftiest, of places, A. Pr. 720, A.R. 2.1026, etc.; ἐν τοῖς ὑ., i. e. in heaven above, Ev.Matt. 21.9, Ev.Luc. 2.14.

2 highest

of Zeus, highest, Pi. N. 1.60, 11.2, A. Eu. 28; Ζηνὸς ὕψιστον σέβας S. Ph. 1289: one of the gates of Thebes was called Ὕψισται from his temple there, Paus. 9.8.5: of Jahweh. ὁ θεὸς ὁ ὕ. LXX Ge. 14.18, cf. De. 32.8, OGI 96.7 (Egypt, ii B. C.), SIG 1181 (Rhenea, ii B. C.), etc.

3

of things, στέφανος, κέρδος, Pi. P. 1.100, I. 1.51; κακῶν ὕψιστα A. Pers. 331, 807; ὕ. ἐν βροτοῖς φόβος Id. Supp. 479.

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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