Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἦ γὰρ ὅγ’ ὑπερφίαλοσ πέλει αἰνῶσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 1:10)
  • οἶσθα καὶ αὐτὴ οἱο͂σ κείνου θυμὸσ ὑπερφίαλοσ καὶ ἀπηνήσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 8:3)
  • τώ τοι λισσομένῳ ἐπιπείσομαι, ἠδὲ καὶ ἵππον δώσω ἐμήν περ ἐοῦσαν, ἵνα γνώωσι καὶ οἵδε ὡσ ἐμὸσ οὔ ποτε θυμὸσ ὑπερφίαλοσ καὶ ἀπηνήσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 56:10)
  • καὶ πάλιν κείνῳ μὲν Αἴτνα δεσμὸσ ὑπερφίαλοσ ἀμφίκειται. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 4 9:12)

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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