ὑπᾰ́τ-η(sc.χορδή),ἡ,
A. the highest of the three stringswhich formed the framework of the musical scale (opp.νεάτη, μέση), butthe lowestin pitch, Philol. 6 , Pl. R. 443d , etc.; αἱ ὑπάται the highest tetrachord,
Anon. Oxy. 667.16
;τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπάτων . . ἐπίτασινraising of pitch from thelow notes,
Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.10.7 ; τὸ βομβυκέστερον τῶν ὑπατῶν
Nicom. Harm. 11
;ὑπάτη ὑπατῶνibid. (but ὑ. ὑπάτων
Cleonid. Harm. 4
).