Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπεραβέλτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπεραβέλτερος ὑπεραβέλτερον

Structure: ὑπεραβελτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. above measure simple or silly

Examples

  • ὥστε ὑπεραβέλτεροί εἰσιν αἱ προφάσεισ καὶ αἰτίαι, δι’ ἃσ οὐδέν μοι φὴσ ποιήσειν τῶν δικαίων. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 50:3)

Synonyms

  1. above measure simple or silly

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

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