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ὑπέρακμος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hyperakmos

Principal Part: ὑπέρακμος ὑπέρακμον

Structure: ὑπερακμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ἀκμή

Sense

  1. past the bloom of youth

Examples

  • Εἰ δέ τις ἀσχημονεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν παρθένον αὐτοῦ νομίζει ἐὰν ᾖ ὑπέρακμος, καὶ οὕτως ὀφείλει γίνεσθαι, ὃ θέλει ποιείτω: (PROS KORINQIOUS A, chapter 7 39:1)

Synonyms

  1. past the bloom of youth

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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