ὕπᾰτος, η, ον,
also ος, ον (see. below 111.1), highest, uppermost, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus as epithet of Zeus, ὕπατε κρειόντων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.45; θεῶν ὕπατος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.258, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεοὶ ὕπατοι the gods above, opposed to οἱ χθόνιοι, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 89 (_anapaest meter_), compare 55 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ζεὺς Γ. at Athens, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.26.5, +others, Oracle texts cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.52 (coupled with Ἄθηνᾶ Ὑ. Oracle texts cited in [same work] 43.66); ὕ. δῶμα Διός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.42; ὕ. τεθμός [prev. author] “N.” 10.32; ὑπάταν βασιληΐδα τειμάν “Hymnus ad Isim” 143. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 simply of Place, ἐν πυρῇ ὑ. on the very top of the funeral pile, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.165, 24.787 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕ. ὄρος epigram cited in [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.15. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2.b lowest, κευθμοί [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1213. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2.c furthest, κέρας ὠκεανοῖο [[ [prev. author] 4.282. ] Refs]
__3 of Time, last, νοῦσος [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.233 (1st c.AD: Apollonides Epigrammaticus): but οὐχ ὕπατον, πύματον δέ] Refs 1st c.AD+] Puchstein [[ “epigram Gr.” p.76 (Memphis, 1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 of Quality, highest, best, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.100; ὕ. πρὸς ἀρετάν ] Refs 5th c.BC+]most excellent, [[ [prev. author] “P.” 6.42 ] Refs]; ὕ. [μόρος] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1332 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]