I.like Lat. summus for supremus, the highest, uppermost, of Zeus, ὕπατος κρειόντων, θεῶν ὕπ., Hom.; οἱ ὕπατοι the gods above, Lat. superi, opp. to οἱ χθόνιοι, Lat. inferi, Aesch.; ὕπατός τις some god above, id=Aesch.
3.of Time, last, Lat. supremus, Soph., Anth.
4.of Quality, highest, best, Pind.
II.c. gen., like the prep. ὑπό, ὕπατος χώρας supreme over the land, Aesch.; ὕπατοι λεχέων high above the nest, id=Aesch.
III.as Subst., ὕπατος, the Roman consul, Polyb., etc.