1. like Lat. summus for supremus, the highest, uppermost , of Zeus, ὕπατος κρειόντων, θεῶν ὕπ. (Homer); οἱ ὕπατοι the gods above , Lat. superi, opposite to οἱ χθόνιοι, Lat. inferi, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ὕπατός τις some god above , (Aeschulus Tragicus)

2. simply of Place, ἐν πυρῇ ὑπάτῃ on the very top of the funeral pile, (Iliad by Homer)

3. of Time, last , Lat. supremus, (Sophocles Tragicus)

5. with genitive, like the preposition ὑπό, ὕπατος χώρας supreme over the land, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ὕπατοι λεχέων high above the nest, (Aeschulus Tragicus)

6. as Substantive, ὕπατος, the Roman consul , (Polybius Historicus), etc. (ML)