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ὑπαίθριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπαίθριος ὑπαίθριον

Structure: ὑπαιθρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)qh/r

Sense

  1. under the sky, in the open air, a-field

Examples

  • πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ τοσούτοισ οὖσιν, ὅτι τὰ γυναικεῖα σώματα πάμπολυ τῶν ἀνδρείων διαφέρει πρὸσ τε νόσου διαφορὰν καὶ πρὸσ θεραπείασ ἐλπίδα ἢ ἀπόγνωσιν ῥᾴδιον καταμαθεῖν τὰ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἀνδρῶν εὐπαγῆ καὶ εὔτονα, πόνοισ καὶ κινήσεσιν καὶ ὑπαιθρίῳ διαίτῃ γεγυμνασμένα, τὰ δὲ ἔκλυτα καὶ ἀσυμπαγῆ, ἐνσκιᾳτροφημένα ^ καὶ λευκὰ αἵματοσ ἐνδείᾳ καὶ θερμοῦ ἀπορίᾳ καὶ ὑγροῦ περιττοῦ ^ ἐπιρροίᾳ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 28:1)

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

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