Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, ὑψόω

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II. metaph., elevate, exalt, opp. ταπεινόω, LXX Ex.15.2, al., Plb.5.26.12, Ev.Matt.23.12, al.; πονοῦντα τὸν ἴδιον ὑψῶσαι βίον [Men.] ap. Clem.Al.Strom.5.14.120:—Pass., to be exalted, “μὴ ὑψωθῇς τῇ καρδίᾳ” LXX De.8.14; “τὰ χθαμαλὰ ὑψοῦται” Plu. 2.103e; “ὑ. κάλλεϊ” AP5.91 (Rufin.); ἐκ ποδὸς ὑψεύμενοι, of suddenly exalted persons, Hp.Praec.7.

2. represent in the 'grand manner', Longin.14.1.

3. Pass., Astron., of planets, mount to the north of the ecliptic, Theo Sm.p.135 H.

4. Pass., Astrol., of planets, attain exaltation, i.e. maximum appotelesmatic efficacy, Vett.Val.140.7.

Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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