ὕπᾰτος,η,ον, alsoος,ον(v. infr. 111.1 ),
A. highest, uppermost,in Hom. as epith. of Zeus, ὕπατε κρειόντων
Od. 1.45
; θεῶν ὕπατος
Il. 19.258
, al.;θεοὶ ὕπατοιthe godsabove,opp.οἱ χθόνιοι,
A. Ag. 89 (anap.), cf. 55 (anap.);Ζεὺς Γ̔́.at Athens, Paus. 1.26.5 , al., Orac. ap. D. 21.52 (coupled withἈθηνᾶ Ὑ.Orac. ap. eund. 43.66 ); ὕ. δῶμα Διός
Pi. O. 1.42
; ὕ. τεθμός
Id. N. 10.32
; ὑπάταν βασιληί̈δα τειμάν
Hymn.Is. 143
.
2. simply of Place,ἐν πυρῇ ὑ.onthe very topof the funeral pile, Il. 23.165 , 24.787 ;ὕ. ὄροςEpigr. ap. D.S. 1.15 .
b. lowest,