ὑψοῦ

• high, νῆα . . ἔρυσσαν ὑ. ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις Il. 1.486; ὑ. δʼ ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γʼ ὅρμισαν [νῆα] out from the beach, Od. 4.785, 8.55; τῆς πόλιος . . ἐκκεχωσμένης ὑ. having the soil raised to a great height, Hdt. 2.138; ὑ. πατεῖν Pi. O. 1.115, cf. P. 10.70, B. 5.18; ὑ. κρέμασθαι Hermipp. 55 (anap.); ὑ. φέρεσθαι Anaxil. 22.30.
• • II metaph., ἐξάρας με ὑ. having praised me highly, Hdt. 9.79; ὑ. αἴρειν θυμόν S. OT 914. Cf. ὑψόσε.

[cf. ὕψι.]

• • 1

    On high, high up, aloft : ὑψοῦ κάρη ἔχει Il. 6.509= Il. 15.266. Cf. Il. 13.12, 200, 201.

  • 2

    To a high or relatively high position, high : νῆα ἔρυσσαν ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις (high and dry) Il. 1.486.

    So that something may have a considerable height : ἴκρια πῆξαι ὑψοῦ (make it of a good height) Od. 5.164.

  • 3

    Afloat (cf. ὕψι 3) : ὑψοῦ νῆʼ ὅρμισαν Od. 4.785, Od. 8.55.

• 1on high εἴη σέ τε τοῦτον ὑψοῦ χρόνον πατεῖν O. 1.115 ἀδελφεοῖσί τʼ ἐπαινήσομεν ἐσλοῖς, ὅτι ὑψοῦ φέροντι νόμον Θεσσαλῶν αὔξοντες P. 10.70

• aloft, on high, Hom.; τῆς πόλιος ἐκκεχωσμένης ὑψοῦ having the soil raised to a great height, Hdt.:—metaph., ὑψοῦ ἐξᾶραί τι to praise it highly, Hdt.; ὑψοῦ αἴρειν θυμόν Soph.