Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπασσύτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπασσύτερος ἐπασσύτερᾱ ἐπασσύτερον

Structure: ἐπασσυτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. one upon another, one after another, upon

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἳ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐνὶ πρώτοισι μάχην δριμεῖαν ἔγειραν Κόττοσ τε Βριάρεώσ τε Γύησ τ’ ἀάτοσ πολέμοιο, οἵ ῥα τριηκοσίασ πέτρασ στιβαρῶν ἀπὸ χειρῶν πέμπον ἐπασσυτέρασ, κατὰ δ’ ἐσκίασαν βελέεσσι Τιτῆνασ, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν ὑπὸ χθονὸσ εὐρυοδείησ πέμψαν καὶ δεσμοῖσιν ἐν ἀργαλέοισιν ἔδησαν χερσὶν νικήσαντεσ ὑπερθύμουσ περ ἐόντασ, τόσσον ἔνερθ’ ὑπὸ γῆσ, ὅσον οὐρανόσ ἐστ’ ἀπὸ γαίησ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 68:1)

Synonyms

  1. one upon another

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

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