ὑψερεφής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὑψηρεφής (hupsērephḗs) — with metrical lengthening

Etymology

ὕψι (húpsi) +‎ ἐρέφω (eréphō)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyp.se.re.pʰɛ̌ːs/ → /yp.se.reˈɸis/ → /ip.se.reˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyp.se.re.pʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yp.se.reˈpʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yp.se.reˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yp.se.reˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ip.se.reˈfis/

Adjective

ὑψερεφής • (hupserephḗs) m or f (neuter ὑψερεφές); third declension

1. high-roofed

Declension

Third declension of ὑψερεφής; ὑψερεφές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὑψερεφής hupserephḗs	ὑψερεφές hupserephés		ὑψερεφεῖ hupserepheî	ὑψερεφεῖ hupserepheî		ὑψερεφεῖς hupserepheîs	ὑψερεφῆ hupserephê
Genitive		ὑψερεφοῦς hupserephoûs	ὑψερεφοῦς hupserephoûs		ὑψερεφοῖν hupserephoîn	ὑψερεφοῖν hupserephoîn		ὑψερεφῶν hupserephôn	ὑψερεφῶν hupserephôn
Dative		ὑψερεφεῖ hupserepheî	ὑψερεφεῖ hupserepheî		ὑψερεφοῖν hupserephoîn	ὑψερεφοῖν hupserephoîn		ὑψερεφέσῐ / ὑψερεφέσῐν hupserephési(n)	ὑψερεφέσῐ / ὑψερεφέσῐν hupserephési(n)
Accusative		ὑψερεφῆ hupserephê	ὑψερεφές hupserephés		ὑψερεφεῖ hupserepheî	ὑψερεφεῖ hupserepheî		ὑψερεφεῖς hupserepheîs	ὑψερεφῆ hupserephê
Vocative		ὑψερεφές hupserephés	ὑψερεφές hupserephés		ὑψερεφεῖ hupserepheî	ὑψερεφεῖ hupserepheî		ὑψερεφεῖς hupserepheîs	ὑψερεφῆ hupserephê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὑψερεφῶς hupserephôs			ὑψερεφέστερος hupserephésteros			ὑψερεφέστᾰτος hupserephéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑψερεφής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὑψερεφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὑψερεφής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὑψερεφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press