Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπάρκτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπάρκτιος ὑπάρκτιον

Structure: ὑπαρκτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/rktos

Sense

  1. towards the north

Examples

  • εἰσὶ δὲ οἳ τὴν Κελτικὴν διὰ βάθοσ χώρασ καὶ μέγεθοσ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἔξω θαλάσσησ καὶ τῶν ὑπαρκτίων κλιμάτων πρὸσ ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα κατὰ τὴν Μαιῶτιν ἐπιστρέφουσαν ἅπτεσθαι τῆσ Ποντικῆσ Σκυθίασ λέγουσι, κἀκεῖθεν τὰ γένη μεμεῖχθαι. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 11 4:1)
  • τότε δὲ καὶ θέρουσ ἀκμάζοντοσ ἰσχύων καὶ τρεφόμενοσ τῇ τῶν ὑπαρκτίων ἀνέσει πάγων ἥδιστοσ ἐπέπνει καὶ κατεῖχεν αὐτούσ τε καὶ βοτὰ δι’ ἡμέρασ ἀναψύχων. (Plutarch, Sertorius, chapter 17 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. towards the north

Similar forms

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

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