ὑψίκομος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὕψῐ (húpsĭ, “on high”) +‎ κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyp.sí.ko.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ypˈsi.ko.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ypˈsi.ko.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ypˈsi.ko.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ipˈsi.ko.mos/

Adjective

ῠ̔ψῐ́κομος • (hŭpsĭ́komos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔ψῐ́κομον); second declension

with high-bound tresses
with lofty foliage

Declension

Second declension of ῠ̔ψῐ́κομος; ῠ̔ψῐ́κομον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομος hŭpsĭ́komos	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομον hŭpsĭ́komon	ῠ̔ψῐκόμω hŭpsĭkómō	ῠ̔ψῐκόμω hŭpsĭkómō	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομοι hŭpsĭ́komoi	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομᾰ hŭpsĭ́komă
Genitive	ῠ̔ψῐκόμου hŭpsĭkómou	ῠ̔ψῐκόμου hŭpsĭkómou	ῠ̔ψῐκόμοιν hŭpsĭkómoin	ῠ̔ψῐκόμοιν hŭpsĭkómoin	ῠ̔ψῐκόμων hŭpsĭkómōn	ῠ̔ψῐκόμων hŭpsĭkómōn
Dative	ῠ̔ψῐκόμῳ hŭpsĭkómōi	ῠ̔ψῐκόμῳ hŭpsĭkómōi	ῠ̔ψῐκόμοιν hŭpsĭkómoin	ῠ̔ψῐκόμοιν hŭpsĭkómoin	ῠ̔ψῐκόμοις hŭpsĭkómois	ῠ̔ψῐκόμοις hŭpsĭkómois
Accusative	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομον hŭpsĭ́komon	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομον hŭpsĭ́komon	ῠ̔ψῐκόμω hŭpsĭkómō	ῠ̔ψῐκόμω hŭpsĭkómō	ῠ̔ψῐκόμους hŭpsĭkómous	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομᾰ hŭpsĭ́komă
Vocative	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομε hŭpsĭ́kome	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομον hŭpsĭ́komon	ῠ̔ψῐκόμω hŭpsĭkómō	ῠ̔ψῐκόμω hŭpsĭkómō	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομοι hŭpsĭ́komoi	ῠ̔ψῐ́κομᾰ hŭpsĭ́komă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ῠ̔ψῐκόμως hŭpsĭkómōs		ῠ̔ψῐκομώτερος hŭpsĭkomṓteros		ῠ̔ψῐκομώτᾰτος hŭpsĭkomṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ὑψίκομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ὑψίκομος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ὑψίκομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette