ὑψίπυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὕψῐ (húpsĭ, “on high”) +‎ πύλος (púlos, “gate”), an alternative form of πύλη (púlē, “one wing of a pair of double gates”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλος • (hŭpsĭ́pŭlos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον); second declension

with high gates
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.6
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.16
- 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 1030
- 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 8.46

Declension

Second declension of ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλος; ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλος hŭpsĭ́pŭlos	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hŭpsĭ́pŭlon	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλοι hŭpsĭ́pŭloi	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hŭpsĭ́pŭlă
Genitive	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λου hŭpsĭpŭ́lou	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λου hŭpsĭpŭ́lou	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hŭpsĭpŭ́loin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hŭpsĭpŭ́loin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λων hŭpsĭpŭ́lōn	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λων hŭpsĭpŭ́lōn
Dative	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῳ hŭpsĭpŭ́lōi	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῳ hŭpsĭpŭ́lōi	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hŭpsĭpŭ́loin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hŭpsĭpŭ́loin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοις hŭpsĭpŭ́lois	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοις hŭpsĭpŭ́lois
Accusative	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hŭpsĭ́pŭlon	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hŭpsĭ́pŭlon	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λους hŭpsĭpŭ́lous	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hŭpsĭ́pŭlă
Vocative	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλε hŭpsĭ́pŭle	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hŭpsĭ́pŭlon	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλοι hŭpsĭ́pŭloi	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hŭpsĭ́pŭlă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λως hŭpsĭpŭ́lōs		ῠ̔ψῐπῠλώτερος hŭpsĭpŭlṓteros		ῠ̔ψῐπῠλώτᾰτος hŭpsĭpŭlṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē)

References

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