ὑψερεφής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῠ̔ψηρεφής (hŭpsērephḗs) — with metrical lengthening
Etymology
From ῠ̔́ψι (hŭ́psi) + ἐρέφω (eréphō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hyp.se.re.pʰɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yp.se.reˈpʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yp.se.reˈɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yp.se.reˈfis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ip.se.reˈfis/
Adjective
ῠ̔ψερεφής • (hŭpserephḗs) m or f (neuter ῠ̔ψερεφές); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ῠ̔ψερεφής hŭpserephḗs |
ῠ̔ψερεφές hŭpserephés |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖ hŭpserepheî |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖ hŭpserepheî |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖς hŭpserepheîs |
ῠ̔ψερεφῆ hŭpserephê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ῠ̔ψερεφοῦς hŭpserephoûs |
ῠ̔ψερεφοῦς hŭpserephoûs |
ῠ̔ψερεφοῖν hŭpserephoîn |
ῠ̔ψερεφοῖν hŭpserephoîn |
ῠ̔ψερεφῶν hŭpserephôn |
ῠ̔ψερεφῶν hŭpserephôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ῠ̔ψερεφεῖ hŭpserepheî |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖ hŭpserepheî |
ῠ̔ψερεφοῖν hŭpserephoîn |
ῠ̔ψερεφοῖν hŭpserephoîn |
ῠ̔ψερεφέσῐ ῠ̔ψερεφέσῐν hŭpserephésĭ(n) |
ῠ̔ψερεφέσῐ ῠ̔ψερεφέσῐν hŭpserephésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ῠ̔ψερεφῆ hŭpserephê |
ῠ̔ψερεφές hŭpserephés |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖ hŭpserepheî |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖ hŭpserepheî |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖς hŭpserepheîs |
ῠ̔ψερεφῆ hŭpserephê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔ψερεφές hŭpserephés |
ῠ̔ψερεφές hŭpserephés |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖ hŭpserepheî |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖ hŭpserepheî |
ῠ̔ψερεφεῖς hŭpserepheîs |
ῠ̔ψερεφῆ hŭpserephê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ῠ̔ψερεφῶς hŭpserephôs |
ῠ̔ψερεφέστερος hŭpserephésteros |
ῠ̔ψερεφέστᾰτος hŭpserephéstătos | ||||||||||||
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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