Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑψόθεν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψόθεν

Etym.: u(/yos

Sense

  1. from on high, from aloft, from above
  2. high, aloft, on high
  3. above, over

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ φιλοξείνων θαλάμων κληῖδασ ἀνεῖσα ἐξαπίνησ Ἑλένη μετεκίαθε δώματοσ αὐλὴν καὶ θαλερῶν προπάροιθεν ὀπιπεύουσα θυράων ὡσ ἴδεν, ὣσ ἐκάλεσσε καὶ ἐσ μυχὸν ἤγαγεν οἴκου καί μιν ἐφεδρήσσειν νεοπηγέοσ ὑψόθεν ἕδρησ ἀργυρέησ ἐπέτελλε· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1121)
  • φράζεσθαι δ’, εὖτ’ ἂν γεράνου φωνὴν ἐπακούσῃσ ὑψόθεν ἐκ νεφέων ἐνιαύσια κεκληγυίησ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 51:1)
  • τοῖοσ γάρ κε μέγασ ὑπὸ δοῦποσ ὀρώρει τῆσ μὲν ἐρειπομένησ, τοῦ δ’ ὑψόθεν ἐξεριπόντοσ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 67:9)
  • λυγρὸν δὲ πήδημ’ ἐσ τράχηλον ὑψόθεν πεσὼν ἀνοίκτωσ, πνεῦμ’ ἀπορρήξεισ σέθεν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 5:7)
  • ὑψοῦ δὲ θάσσων ὑψόθεν χαμαιριφὴσ πίπτει πρὸσ οὖδασ μυρίοισ οἰμώγμασιν Πενθεύσ· (Euripides, episode, lyric 5:14)

Synonyms

  1. from on high

  2. high

  3. above

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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