ὑψίπυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὕψῐ (húpsĭ, “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 • (hŭpsĭ́pŭlos) 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 hŭpsĭ́pŭlos	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hŭpsĭ́pŭlon		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō		ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλοι hŭpsĭ́pŭloi	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hŭpsĭ́pŭlă
Genitive		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λου hŭpsĭpŭ́lou	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λου hŭpsĭpŭ́lou		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hŭpsĭpŭ́loin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hŭpsĭpŭ́loin		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λων hŭpsĭpŭ́lōn	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λων hŭpsĭpŭ́lōn
Dative		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῳ hŭpsĭpŭ́lōi	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῳ hŭpsĭpŭ́lōi		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hŭpsĭpŭ́loin	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοιν hŭpsĭpŭ́loin		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοις hŭpsĭpŭ́lois	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λοις hŭpsĭpŭ́lois
Accusative		ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hŭpsĭ́pŭlon	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hŭpsĭ́pŭlon		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λους hŭpsĭpŭ́lous	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hŭpsĭ́pŭlă
Vocative		ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλε hŭpsĭ́pŭle	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλον hŭpsĭ́pŭlon		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō	ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λω hŭpsĭpŭ́lō		ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλοι hŭpsĭ́pŭloi	ῠ̔ψῐ́πῠλᾰ hŭpsĭ́pŭlă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λως hŭpsĭpŭ́lōs			ῠ̔ψῐπῠλώτερος hŭpsĭpŭlṓteros			ῠ̔ψῐπῠλώτᾰτος hŭpsĭpŭlṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē)

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