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ὕπαρ

ὕπαρ, a waking vision

ὕπᾰρ, τό, indecl. (gen. ὕπαρος, acc. to EM 491.30):—
  • real appearance seen in a state of waking, waking vision, opp. ὄναρ (a dream), οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλʼ ὕ. no illusive dream, but a (vision of) reality, Od. 19.547, 20.90; ἐξ ὀνείρου δʼ αὐτίκα ἦν ὕ. Pi. O. 13.67; ἵνα ὕ. ἀντʼ ὀνείρατος γίγνηται Pl. Plt. 278e.
    • II acc. abs. is used as Adv., in a waking state, awake, ὕ. ἀλλήλοις διαλεγόμεθα Id. Tht. 158c, cf. IG 42(1).122.133, al. (Epid., iv B. C.); opp. ὄναρ, ἀμφισβήτημα . . περὶ τοῦ ὄναρ τε καὶ ὕ. a question . . about sleeping and waking, Pl. Tht. l.c.; οἷον ὄναρ εἰδὼς . . πάλιν ὥσπερ ὕ. ἀγνοεῖν knowing things in a dream . . not to know them when one awakes, Id. Plt. 277d; ὄναρ ἢ ὕ. ζῆν to pass life asleep or awake, Id. R. 476c, cf. Ti. 71e; καὶ ὄναρ καὶ ὕ. both sleeping and waking, i.e. both by day and night, always, Hp. Lex 4, cf. Democr. 174; οὔτε ὄναρ οὔθʼ ὕ. neither sleeping nor waking, i.e. not at all, Pl. Phlb. 36e; οὔθʼ ὕ. οὔτʼ ὄναρ ib. 65e, cf. R. 382e; καθʼ ὕπνον . ., ἢ καὶ ὕ. ἐγρηγορώς wide awake, Id. Lg. 800a; opp. ἐν τοῖς ὕπνοις, Arist. Pr. 957a18; ὕ. καὶ μεθʼ ἡμέραν, opp. κατὰ τὸν ὕπνον, Plb. 10.5.5.
      • 2 ὕπαρ in reality, actually, ἔκρινα πρῶτος ἐξ ὀνειράτων ἃ χρὴ ὕ. γενέσθαι A. Pr. 486; ὕ. ἡ πόλις οἰκήσεται ἀλλʼ οὐκ ὄναρ Pl. R. 520c, cf. 574e, 576b, al.—The phrase καθʼ ὕπαρ is censured by Phryn. 395, and is f.l. for καθʼ ὕπνους in Apollod. 3.12.5.

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