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ἀνώτατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνώτατος ἀνώτατη ἀνώτατον

Structure: ἀνωτατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. topmost

Examples

  • μία δ’ ἦν ἐκ τῆσ ἀνωτάτησ ἐπιφανείασ διατομὰσ ἔχουσα καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ ἐπαντλήσεισ τῶν ὑδάτων ὄργανα, δι’ ὧν ἀνεσπᾶτο πλῆθοσ ὕδατοσ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, μηδενὸσ τῶν ἔξωθεν τὸ γινόμενον συνιδεῖν δυναμένου. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 10 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. topmost

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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