ὑψίπολις
adjective
adjective
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Added Nov 06, 2026
Definition
High-citied; of a city set on high ground or having lofty walls/heightened elevation. Used chiefly as an epithet of a city or its inhabitants.
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Grammatical Analysis
"ὑψίπολις"
Case: nominative
Number: singular
Gender: common (masculine/feminine)
Degree: positive
Declension: 3rd declension adjective (one-termination type; -ις, gen. -ιδος)
Formation: compound: ὑψι- (adverbial first element ‘on high’) + -πολις (‘city’)
Note: The exact form ὑψίπολις is nominative singular (m./f.); in context it may function as an adjective modifying a noun or as a substantive (‘the high-citied [one/place]’).