ὕψωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑψόω (hupsóō, “to lift, elevate”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hýp.sɔː.ma/ → /ˈyp.so.ma/ → /ˈip.so.ma/

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

Noun

ὕψωμᾰ • (húpsōmă) n (genitive ὑψώμᾰτος); third declension

1. elevation, height
2. (astrology) exaltation of a heavenly body
3. (figuratively) exaltation

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὕψωμᾰ; τοῦ ὑψώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὕψωμᾰ tò húpsōmă	τὼ ὑψώμᾰτε tṑ hupsṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ὑψώμᾰτᾰ tằ hupsṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ὑψώμᾰτος toû hupsṓmătos	τοῖν ὑψωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupsōmắtoin	τῶν ὑψωμᾰ́των tôn hupsōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ὑψώμᾰτῐ tôi hupsṓmătĭ	τοῖν ὑψωμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupsōmắtoin	τοῖς ὑψώμᾰσῐ / ὑψώμᾰσῐν toîs hupsṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὕψωμᾰ tò húpsōmă	τὼ ὑψώμᾰτε tṑ hupsṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ὑψώμᾰτᾰ tằ hupsṓmătă
Vocative	ὕψωμᾰ húpsōmă	ὑψώμᾰτε hupsṓmăte	ὑψώμᾰτᾰ hupsṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὕψωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὕψωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette