ὕψος

hypsos

height

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 4
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Book I 4
Chapter 10 347a13–347b11

347a33

Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350a30
350a30
350b5
History of Animals 3
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Book VI 2
Chapter 22 575b21–577a17

576b5

Chapter 35 580a11–31

580a29
Book IX 1
Chapter 10 614b18–30

614b19
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 3
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Chapter 41 833a23–27

833a23
Chapter 57 834b7–17

834b9
Chapter 102 839a12–25

839a15
De Mundo 2
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Chapter 1 391a1–391b8

391a5
Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

398a12
Parts of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 657a25–658a10

657b27
Book IV 1
Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

686b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὕψος, εος, τό, (ὕψι) A. height, ὕψος κρεῖσσον ἐκπηδήματος A. Ag. 1376; εἰς ὕ. αἴρειν τινά E. Ph. 404; κυπαρίττων ὕψη καὶ κάλλη Pl. Lg. 625c; ὕ. ἔχειν, λαμβάνειν, rise some height, Th. 1.91, 4.13, cf. 2.75; ἀφʼ ὕψους [με] δισκοβόλησε Epigr.Gr. 336 (Alexandria Troas): pl., Pl. Ti. 44d: abs. ὕψος, in height, opp. μῆκος, εὖρος, πλάτος, Hdt. 1.50, 178, IG 12.372.24, 22.1666A79, PMich.Zen. 38.12, al. (iii B. C.); so ἐς ὕψος Hdt. 2.13, 155. II. metaph., summit, crown, ὕ. ἀμαθίας Pl. Ep. 351d; σεμνότητος Arist. Mu. 398a12. 2. sublimity, grandeur, τῶν λόγων Metrod. Herc. 831.8, cf. Longin. 1.1, al.: pl., Id. 3.4, 7.4.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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