ὕψιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Superlative of the adverb ῠ̔́ψῐ (húpsi, “on high”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hýp.sis.tos/ → /ˈyp.sis.tos/ → /ˈip.sis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hýp.sis.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)yp.sis.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈyp.sis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈyp.sis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sis.tos/

Adjective

ῠ̔́ψῐστος • (húpsistos) m (feminine ῠ̔ψῐ́στη, neuter ῠ̔́ψῐστον); first/second declension

1. highest, loftiest
2. (Koine, biblical, figurative, poetic, in the plural) highest, loftiest, most high; in heaven above; most heavenly
   • The Gospel of Luke (Novum Testamentum Graece) 2:13–14, (Nota Bene: Textus Receptus reads ...ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία. King James Version: ...good will toward men.):

     καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου αἰνούντων τὸν Θεὸν καὶ λεγόντων· Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας.

     kaì exaíphnēs egéneto sùn tôi angélōi plêthos stratiâs ouraníou ainoúntōn tòn Theòn kaì legóntōn; Dóxa en hupsístois Theôi kaì epì gês eirḗnē en anthrṓpois eudokías.

     And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.

See also: ὕψιστα

Inflection

First and second declension of ῠ̔́ψῐστος; ῠ̔ψῐ́στη; ῠ̔́ψῐστον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔́ψῐστος húpsistos	ῠ̔ψῐ́στη hupsístē	ῠ̔́ψῐστον húpsiston		ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hupsístā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō		ῠ̔́ψῐστοι húpsistoi	ῠ̔́ψῐσται húpsistai	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ húpsista
Genitive		ῠ̔ψῐ́στου hupsístou	ῠ̔ψῐ́στης hupsístēs	ῠ̔ψῐ́στου hupsístou		ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hupsístoin	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταιν hupsístain	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hupsístoin		ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hupsístōn	ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hupsístōn	ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hupsístōn
Dative		ῠ̔ψῐ́στῳ hupsístōi	ῠ̔ψῐ́στῃ hupsístēi	ῠ̔ψῐ́στῳ hupsístōi		ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hupsístoin	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταιν hupsístain	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hupsístoin		ῠ̔ψῐ́στοις hupsístois	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταις hupsístais	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοις hupsístois
Accusative		ῠ̔́ψῐστον húpsiston	ῠ̔ψῐ́στην hupsístēn	ῠ̔́ψῐστον húpsiston		ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hupsístā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō		ῠ̔ψῐ́στους hupsístous	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱς hupsístās	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ húpsista
Vocative		ῠ̔́ψῐστε húpsiste	ῠ̔ψῐ́στη hupsístē	ῠ̔́ψῐστον húpsiston		ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hupsístā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hupsístō		ῠ̔́ψῐστοι húpsistoi	ῠ̔́ψῐσται húpsistai	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ húpsista
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῠ̔ψῐ́στως hupsístōs				ῠ̔ψῐστότερος hupsistóteros				ῠ̔ψῐστότᾰτος hupsistótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὕψιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὕψιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὕψιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5310 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • highest idem, page 400.
  • supreme idem, page 842.