ὑψόροφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕψῐ (húpsi, “on high”) +‎ ὀροφή (orophḗ, “roof, ceiling”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyp.só.ro.pʰos/ → /ypˈso.ro.ɸos/ → /ipˈso.ro.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyp.só.ro.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ypˈso.ro.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ypˈso.ro.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ypˈso.ro.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ipˈso.ro.fos/

Adjective

ῠ̔ψόροφος • (hupsórophos) m or f (neuter ῠ̔ψόροφον); second declension

1. high-roofed, high-ceiled

Declension

Second declension of ῠ̔ψόροφος; ῠ̔ψόροφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔ψόροφος hupsórophos	ῠ̔ψόροφον hupsórophon		ῠ̔ψορόφω hupsoróphō	ῠ̔ψορόφω hupsoróphō		ῠ̔ψόροφοι hupsórophoi	ῠ̔ψόροφᾰ hupsóropha
Genitive		ῠ̔ψορόφου hupsoróphou	ῠ̔ψορόφου hupsoróphou		ῠ̔ψορόφοιν hupsoróphoin	ῠ̔ψορόφοιν hupsoróphoin		ῠ̔ψορόφων hupsoróphōn	ῠ̔ψορόφων hupsoróphōn
Dative		ῠ̔ψορόφῳ hupsoróphōi	ῠ̔ψορόφῳ hupsoróphōi		ῠ̔ψορόφοιν hupsoróphoin	ῠ̔ψορόφοιν hupsoróphoin		ῠ̔ψορόφοις hupsoróphois	ῠ̔ψορόφοις hupsoróphois
Accusative		ῠ̔ψόροφον hupsórophon	ῠ̔ψόροφον hupsórophon		ῠ̔ψορόφω hupsoróphō	ῠ̔ψορόφω hupsoróphō		ῠ̔ψορόφους hupsoróphous	ῠ̔ψόροφᾰ hupsóropha
Vocative		ῠ̔ψόροφε hupsórophe	ῠ̔ψόροφον hupsórophon		ῠ̔ψορόφω hupsoróphō	ῠ̔ψορόφω hupsoróphō		ῠ̔ψόροφοι hupsórophoi	ῠ̔ψόροφᾰ hupsóropha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῠ̔ψορόφως hupsoróphōs			ῠ̔ψοροφώτερος hupsorophṓteros			ῠ̔ψοροφώτᾰτος hupsorophṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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