ὕψος, εος, τό,
(ὕψι) height, ὕψος κρεῖσσον ἐκπηδήματος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1376; εἰς ὕ. αἴρειν τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 404; κυπαρίττων ὕψη καὶ κάλλη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 625c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕ. ἔχειν, λαμβάνειν, rise some height, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91, 4.13, compare 2.75; ἀφ᾽ ὕψους [με] δισκοβόλησε “epigram Gr.” 336 (Alexandria Troas): _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 44d: _absolutely_ ὕψος,] Refs 5th c.BC+] in height, opposed to μῆκος, εὖρος, πλάτος, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50, 178, “IG” 12.372.24, 22.1666 A 79, “PMich.Zen.” 38.12, +others (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐς ὕψος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 155. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, summit, crown, ὕ. ἀμαθίας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 351d; σεμνότητος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 398a12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 sublimity, grandeur, τῶν λόγων [[ 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.8, compare 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 1.1, +others: _plural_, [prev. author] 3.4, 7.4. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]