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

  • οὐδεὶσ καὶ καθαρὸσ καὶ μείλιχοσ ἤλυθεν ἄρχων ἓν γὰρ ἑνὸσ δοκέει δόγματοσ ἀντίπαλον τὸ γλυκὺ τοῦ κλέπτοντοσ, ὑπερφιάλου δὲ τὸ ἁγνόν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3931)
  • εἰσ τὴν πύλην τὴν ἀνατολικὴν τῆσ Θεσσαλονίκησ ἠνορέησ ὀλετῆρα ὑπερφιάλου Βαβυλῶνοσ καὶ σέλασ ἀκτεάνοιο δίκησ Βασίλειον ὕπαρχον, ξεῖνε, νόῳ σκίρτησον, ἰδὼν ἐφύπερθε πυλάων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 6861)

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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