ὑψίπυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyp.sí.py.los/ → /ypˈsi.py.los/ → /ipˈsi.pi.los/

• (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 • (hupsípulos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον); second declension

1. 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 hupsípulos	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hupsípulon		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō		ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλοι hupsípuloi	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hupsípula
Genitive		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λου hupsipúlou	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λου hupsipúlou		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hupsipúloin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hupsipúloin		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λων hupsipúlōn	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λων hupsipúlōn
Dative		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῳ hupsipúlōi	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῳ hupsipúlōi		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hupsipúloin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hupsipúloin		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοις hupsipúlois	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοις hupsipúlois
Accusative		ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hupsípulon	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hupsípulon		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λους hupsipúlous	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hupsípula
Vocative		ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλε hupsípule	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hupsípulon		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hupsipúlō		ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλοι hupsípuloi	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hupsípula
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λως hupsipúlōs			ῠ̔ψῐπῠλώτερος hupsipulṓteros			ῠ̔ψῐπῠλώτᾰτος hupsipulṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē)

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