ὑπέρτατος

ὑπέρτᾰτος, η, ον, poet. Sup. of ὑπέρ,

• uppermost, highest:
• • I mostly of Place or position, ἧστο ὑ. Il. 23.451; κεῖτο ὑ. 12.381; ὑ. δώματα, θρόνος, etc., Hes. Op. 8, Pi. O. 2.77 (dub. l.), etc.
  • • 2 of gods, partly in reference to their abode, partly to their power, ib. 4.1, A. Supp. 672 (lyr., nisi leg. -τως, v. infr. 4): then simply,
    • 3 of rank or power, θεῶν τὰν ὑ. S. Ant. 338 (lyr.); δαιμόνων ὑ. Ar. Av. 1765 (lyr.); ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑ. A. Pers. 155 (troch.).
    • 4 of things, ὑ. ὄλβος, ἀνορέαι, Pi. P. 3.89, N. 3.20; μόχθοι, σέβας, S. OC 105, Ph. 402 (lyr.), etc.; τὰν ἐκ πασᾶν ὑ. πόλεων Id. Ant. 1138 (lyr.); φρένας, πάντων ὅσʼ ἐστὶ χρημάτων ὑ. ib. 684; τοῦτο κερδέων ὑπέρτατον B. 3.84: in late Prose, ἀρετή PStrassb. 40.41 (vi A. D.). Adv. ὑπερτάτως above all, A. Supp. 672 (Ahrens from Sch.); above all measure. Sch. rec. Pi. O. 1.1.
  • II of age eldest, Pi. N. 6.21:—Pi. has also ὑπερώτατος, N. 8.43: cf. ὑπέρτερος III fin.

ὑπέρτατος, superl. von ὑπέρ, oberster, äußerster in einer Reihe ; Il. 12.381, 23.451 ; Hes. O. 6 ; θρόνος Pind. Ol. 2.77 ; ὄλβος P. 3.89 ; ἐλατὴρ ὑπέρτατε βροντᾶς Ol. 4.1 ; der älteste, ὑπέρτατος υἱέων N. 6.22 ; Ζεύς Aesch. Suppl. 657 ; σέβας Soph. Phil. 400, u. öfter. – Vgl. auch ὕπατος u. ὑπερώτατος.

ὑπέρτατος

[superl. fr. ὑπέρ.]

In the highest position : μαρμάρῳ, ὃ κεῖτο ὑ. (on the top of a heap) Il. 12.381, ἧστο ὑ. (raised above the others) Il. 23.451.

ὑπέρτατος (sup. from ὑπέρ): highest, on the top, aloft, Il. 12.381 and Il. 23.451.

ὑπέρτατος poet. Sup. of ὑπέρ

• • Iuppermost, highest, supreme, Il., etc.
  • IIof age, eldest, Pind.