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ὑπέρβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρβιος ὑπέρβιον

Structure: ὑπερβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bi/a

Sense

  1. of overwhelming strength or might
  2. overweening, lawless, wanton

Examples

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ πύρπνοον Τυφῶν’ ἔχει, Ὑπερβίῳ δὲ Ζεὺσ πατὴρ ἐπ’ ἀσπίδοσ σταδαῖοσ ἧσται, διὰ χερὸσ βέλοσ φλέγων· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 2 1:12)
  • εἰκὸσ δὲ πράξειν ἄνδρασ ὧδ’ ἀντιστάτασ, Ὑπερβίῳ τε πρὸσ λόγον τοῦ σήματοσ σωτὴρ γένοιτ’ ἂν Ζεὺσ ἐπ’ ἀσπίδοσ τυχών. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 2 1:16)

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

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