ὑψόω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔́ψος (húpsos, “height”) +‎ -όω (-óō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyp.só.ɔː/ → /ypˈso.o/ → /ipˈso.o/

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

Verb

ῠ̔ψόω • (hupsóō)

1. to lift high, raise up
   • Batrachomyomachia 81
   • Anthology of Planudes 4.41
   • Palatine Anthology 7.55
2. (figuratively) to elevate, exalt
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 15.2
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 5.26.12
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 23:12
   • 150 CE – 215 CE, Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 5.14.120
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Deuteronomy 8.14
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.103E
   • Palatine Anthology 5.91
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Precepts 7
   1. to represent in a lofty style
      • 213 CE – 273 CE, Cassius Longinus, Collected Works 14.1

Inflection

   Present: ῠ̔ψῶ, ῠ̔ψοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῠ̔ψῶ	ῠ̔ψοῖς	ῠ̔ψοῖ	ῠ̔ψοῦτον	ῠ̔ψοῦτον	ῠ̔ψοῦμεν	ῠ̔ψοῦτε	ῠ̔ψοῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ῠ̔ψῶ	ῠ̔ψοῖς	ῠ̔ψοῖ	ῠ̔ψῶτον	ῠ̔ψῶτον	ῠ̔ψῶμεν	ῠ̔ψῶτε	ῠ̔ψῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῠ̔ψοίην, ῠ̔ψοῖμῐ	ῠ̔ψοίης, ῠ̔ψοῖς	ῠ̔ψοίη, ῠ̔ψοῖ	ῠ̔ψοῖτον, ῠ̔ψοίητον	ῠ̔ψοίτην, ῠ̔ψοιήτην	ῠ̔ψοῖμεν, ῠ̔ψοίημεν	ῠ̔ψοῖτε, ῠ̔ψοίητε	ῠ̔ψοῖεν, ῠ̔ψοίησᾰν
	imperative		ῠ̔́ψου	ῠ̔ψούτω	ῠ̔ψοῦτον	ῠ̔ψούτων		ῠ̔ψοῦτε	ῠ̔ψούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ῠ̔ψοῦμαι	ῠ̔ψοῖ	ῠ̔ψοῦται	ῠ̔ψοῦσθον	ῠ̔ψοῦσθον	ῠ̔ψούμεθᾰ	ῠ̔ψοῦσθε	ῠ̔ψοῦνται
	subjunctive	ῠ̔ψῶμαι	ῠ̔ψοῖ	ῠ̔ψῶται	ῠ̔ψῶσθον	ῠ̔ψῶσθον	ῠ̔ψώμεθᾰ	ῠ̔ψῶσθε	ῠ̔ψῶνται
	optative	ῠ̔ψοίμην	ῠ̔ψοῖο	ῠ̔ψοῖτο	ῠ̔ψοῖσθον	ῠ̔ψοίσθην	ῠ̔ψοίμεθᾰ	ῠ̔ψοῖσθε	ῠ̔ψοῖντο
	imperative		ῠ̔ψοῦ	ῠ̔ψούσθω	ῠ̔ψοῦσθον	ῠ̔ψούσθων		ῠ̔ψοῦσθε	ῠ̔ψούσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ῠ̔ψοῦν				ῠ̔ψοῦσθαι
participle	m	ῠ̔ψῶν				ῠ̔ψούμενος
	f	ῠ̔ψοῦσᾰ				ῠ̔ψουμένη
	n	ῠ̔ψοῦν				ῠ̔ψούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ῠ̔ψώσω, ῠ̔ψώσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῠ̔ψώσω	ῠ̔ψώσεις	ῠ̔ψώσει	ῠ̔ψώσετον	ῠ̔ψώσετον	ῠ̔ψώσομεν	ῠ̔ψώσετε	ῠ̔ψώσουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῠ̔ψώσοιμῐ	ῠ̔ψώσοις	ῠ̔ψώσοι	ῠ̔ψώσοιτον	ῠ̔ψωσοίτην	ῠ̔ψώσοιμεν	ῠ̔ψώσοιτε	ῠ̔ψώσοιεν
middle	indicative	ῠ̔ψώσομαι	ῠ̔ψώσῃ, ῠ̔ψώσει	ῠ̔ψώσεται	ῠ̔ψώσεσθον	ῠ̔ψώσεσθον	ῠ̔ψωσόμεθᾰ	ῠ̔ψώσεσθε	ῠ̔ψώσονται
	optative	ῠ̔ψωσοίμην	ῠ̔ψώσοιο	ῠ̔ψώσοιτο	ῠ̔ψώσοισθον	ῠ̔ψωσοίσθην	ῠ̔ψωσοίμεθᾰ	ῠ̔ψώσοισθε	ῠ̔ψώσοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		ῠ̔ψώσειν			ῠ̔ψώσεσθαι
participle	m	ῠ̔ψώσων			ῠ̔ψωσόμενος
	f	ῠ̔ψώσουσᾰ			ῠ̔ψωσομένη
	n	ῠ̔ψῶσον			ῠ̔ψωσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ὕψωμᾰ (húpsōma)

Further reading

• “ὑψόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑψόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑψόω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5312 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible