ὕψωμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑψόω (hupsóō, “to lift, elevate”) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hýp.sɔː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)yp.so.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈyp.so.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈyp.so.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈip.so.ma/
Noun
ὕψωμᾰ • (húpsōmă) n (genitive ὑψώμᾰτος); third declension
- elevation, height
- (astrology) exaltation of a heavenly body
- (figuratively) exaltation
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὕψωμᾰ tò húpsōmă |
τὼ ὑψώμᾰτε tṑ hupsṓmăte |
τᾰ̀ ὑψώμᾰτᾰ tằ hupsṓmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὑψώμᾰτος toû hupsṓmătos |
τοῖν ὑψωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupsōmắtoin |
τῶν ὑψωμᾰ́των tôn hupsōmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὑψώμᾰτῐ tōî hupsṓmătĭ |
τοῖν ὑψωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupsōmắtoin |
τοῖς ὑψώμᾰσῐ / ὑψώμᾰσῐν toîs hupsṓmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὕψωμᾰ tò húpsōmă |
τὼ ὑψώμᾰτε tṑ hupsṓmăte |
τᾰ̀ ὑψώμᾰτᾰ tằ hupsṓmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὕψωμᾰ húpsōmă |
ὑψώμᾰτε hupsṓmăte |
ὑψώμᾰτᾰ hupsṓmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὕψωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὕψωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette