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ὑπερφίαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερφίαλος ὑπερφίαλον

Structure: ὑπερφιαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.): perh. an epic form either of u(pe/rbios or of u(perfuh/s.

Sense

  1. overbearing, overweening, arrogant, exceedingly, arrogantly

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ ἦ μάλα τοίγ’ ἐπὶ δηρὸν ἀντιβίην Βέβρυξιν ὑπερφιάλοισ πολέμιζον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 12:19)
  • ὡσ δὲ δαϊζομένοισ Μαραθὼν ἀντέκτυπε Πέρσαισ καὶ νέεσ ὑγροπόρουν χεύμασιν αἱμαλέοισ, ἔξεσαν Ἀδρήστειαν ἀριστώδινεσ Ἀθῆναι, δαίμον’ ὑπερφιάλοισ ἀντίπαλον μερόπων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 221 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. overbearing

Related

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

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