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ὕπατος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕπατος

Structure: ὑπατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. highest, uppermost, (of place) at the very top, lowest, furthest
  2. (of time) last
  3. (of quality) highest, best

Examples

  • ποῖον δ’ εὔχεται τὸν ὕπατον θεῶν; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, strophe 110)
  • "ὠσ γελοῖον, ὦ ἀνδρεσ, ἔχομεν ὕπατον. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes with Cicero, chapter 1 5:1)
  • διέμενε γὰρ ἡ τιμὴ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἔχουσα τὸ πρωτεῖον ὁ δὲ ἅπαξ αἱρεθεὶσ στρατεύματοσ ἡγεμών, ἔτη συνεχῶσ δέκα, νῦν μὲν ὕπατον, νῦν δὲ δικτάτορα ποιῶν ἑαυτόν, ἀεὶ δὲ ὢν τύραννοσ, ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ ἔμενεν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lysander and Sulla, chapter 1 4:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ τὸν Ὀπίμιον καταστήσαντεσ ὕπατον τῶν νόμων πολλοὺσ διέγραφον καὶ τὴν Καρχηδόνοσ ἐκίνουν διάταξιν, ἐρεθίζοντεσ τὸν Γάϊον, ὡσ ἂν αἰτίαν ὀργῆσ παρασχὼν ἀναιρεθείη, τὸν μὲν πρῶτον χρόνον ἐκαρτέρει, τῶν δὲ φίλων καὶ μάλιστα τοῦ Φουλβίου παροξύνοντοσ ὡρ́μησε πάλιν συνάγειν τοὺσ ἀντιταξομένουσ πρὸσ τὸν ὕπατον. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 13 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. last

  2. highest

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