ὑψῐ-πέτης,ου,
Dor.
ὑψῐ-πέτας,α , ὁ: (πέτομαι):—
A. high-flying, soaring,
αἰετός
Il. 12.201
, 219 , Od. 20.243 ; ὑψιπετᾶν ἀνέμων
Pi. P. 3.105
; γενοίμαν αἰετὸς ὑψιπέτας
S. Fr. 476
=
Ar. Av. 1337 (lyr.): Comp.
-έστερος
Herm.
ap. Stob. 1.49.45 :—some unnamed Gramm. (in opposition to Aristarchus) wroteὑψιπετῆς( contr. fromὑψιπετήεις),v.Sch. A Il. 12.201 ; the acc. sg.ὑψιπετῆ ὄρνιθαin Ant. Lib. 16.2 belongs in sense to this word, in form to the next.