ὕψιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Superlative of the adverb ῠ̔́ψῐ (hŭ́psĭ, “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 • (hŭ́psĭstos) 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 hŭ́psĭstos	ῠ̔ψῐ́στη hŭpsĭ́stē	ῠ̔́ψῐστον hŭ́psĭston		ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hŭpsĭ́stō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hŭpsĭ́stā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hŭpsĭ́stō		ῠ̔́ψῐστοι hŭ́psĭstoi	ῠ̔́ψῐσται hŭ́psĭstai	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ hŭ́psĭstă
Genitive		ῠ̔ψῐ́στου hŭpsĭ́stou	ῠ̔ψῐ́στης hŭpsĭ́stēs	ῠ̔ψῐ́στου hŭpsĭ́stou		ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hŭpsĭ́stoin	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταιν hŭpsĭ́stain	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hŭpsĭ́stoin		ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hŭpsĭ́stōn	ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hŭpsĭ́stōn	ῠ̔ψῐ́στων hŭpsĭ́stōn
Dative		ῠ̔ψῐ́στῳ hŭpsĭ́stōi	ῠ̔ψῐ́στῃ hŭpsĭ́stēi	ῠ̔ψῐ́στῳ hŭpsĭ́stōi		ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hŭpsĭ́stoin	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταιν hŭpsĭ́stain	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοιν hŭpsĭ́stoin		ῠ̔ψῐ́στοις hŭpsĭ́stois	ῠ̔ψῐ́σταις hŭpsĭ́stais	ῠ̔ψῐ́στοις hŭpsĭ́stois
Accusative		ῠ̔́ψῐστον hŭ́psĭston	ῠ̔ψῐ́στην hŭpsĭ́stēn	ῠ̔́ψῐστον hŭ́psĭston		ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hŭpsĭ́stō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hŭpsĭ́stā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hŭpsĭ́stō		ῠ̔ψῐ́στους hŭpsĭ́stous	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱς hŭpsĭ́stās	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ hŭ́psĭstă
Vocative		ῠ̔́ψῐστε hŭ́psĭste	ῠ̔ψῐ́στη hŭpsĭ́stē	ῠ̔́ψῐστον hŭ́psĭston		ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hŭpsĭ́stō	ῠ̔ψῐ́στᾱ hŭpsĭ́stā	ῠ̔ψῐ́στω hŭpsĭ́stō		ῠ̔́ψῐστοι hŭ́psĭstoi	ῠ̔́ψῐσται hŭ́psĭstai	ῠ̔́ψῐστᾰ hŭ́psĭstă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῠ̔ψῐ́στως hŭpsĭ́stōs				ῠ̔ψῐστότερος hŭpsĭstóteros				ῠ̔ψῐστότᾰτος hŭpsĭstótătos
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.