ὕπατος

ὕπατος, η, ον, also ος, ον (v. infr. III.1), A. highest, uppermost, in Hom. as epith. of Zeus, ὕπατε κρειόντων Od. 1.45; θεῶν ὕπατος Il. 19.258, al.; θεοὶ ὕπατοι the gods above, opp. οἱ χθόνιοι, A. Ag. 89 (anap.), cf. 55 (anap.); Ζεὺς Γ. at Athens, Paus. 1.26.5, al., Orac. ap.D. 21.52 (coupled with Ἄθηνᾶ Ὑ. Orac. ap. eund.43.66); ὕ. δῶμα Διός Pi. O. 1.42; ὕ. τεθμός Id. N. 10.32; ὑπάταν βασιληΐδα τειμάν Hymn.Is. 143. 2. simply of Place, ἐν πυρῇ ὑ. on the very top of the funeral pile, Il. 23.165, 24.787; ὕ. ὄρος Epigr. ap. D.S. 1.15. b. lowest, κευθμοί A.R. 3.1213. c. furthest, κέρας ὠκεανοῖο Id. 4.282. 3. of Time, last, νοῦσος AP 7.233 (Apollonid.): but οὐχ ὕπατον, πύματον δέ Puchstein Epigr.Gr.p.76 (Memphis, i B. C.). 4. of Quality, highest, best, Pi. O. 1.100; ὕ. πρὸς ἀρετάν most excellent, Id. P. 6.42; ὕ. [μόρος] S. Ant. 1332 (lyr.). II. c. gen., ὕπατος χώρας Ζεύς supreme over the land, A. Ag. 509; ὕπατοι λεχέων high above the nest, ib.50 (anap.); ὕ. τῶ σκάνεος ἅπαντος Ti.Locr. 100a; σοφίας ὕπατος IG 22.3632.7 (ii A. D.). III. as Subst., 1. ὕπατος, ὁ, = Lat. consul, Plb. 6.12.1, al., D.H. 4.76, 6.1,7.1, al., Mon. Anc.Gr.5.1; cf. στρατηγός II.4:—hence also, = ὑπατικός, τὰν ὑπάταν ἀρχάν Epigr. ap. Plu. Marc. 30; but in this sense commonly with masc.termin., ὕπατον ἀρχὴν ἔχειν Plb. 2.11.1 (pl.), cf. 3.40.9, Hdn. 2.6.6; ὕπατος τιμή J. BJ 7.4.2. 2. ἡ ὑπάτη, v. sub voce.—For the form, cf. μέσατος, νέατος, μύχατος, etc.