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ὑπερφανής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερφανής ὑπερφανές

Structure: ὑπερφανη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fai/nomai

Sense

  1. appearing over or above, out-topping others

Examples

  • καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέρασ ὀλίγασ ἀετὸσ ὑπερφανεὶσ καὶ κατάρασ ἐπὶ τὴν Αἴγωνοσ οἰκίαν ἐκάθισε, καὶ βασιλεὺσ ᾑρέθη Αἴγων. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 8 7:1)
  • καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέρασ ὀλίγασ ἀετὸσ ὑπερφανεὶσ καὶ κατάρασ ἐπὶ τὴν Αἴγωνοσ οἰκίαν ἐκάθισε, καὶ βασιλεὺσ ᾑρέθη Αἴγων. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 8 2:5)

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

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