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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

  • Κυκλώπων δ’ ἐσ γαῖαν ὑπερφιάλων ἀθεμίστων ἱκόμεθ’, οἵ ῥα θεοῖσι πεποιθότεσ ἀθανάτοισιν οὔτε φυτεύουσιν χερσὶν φυτὸν οὔτ’ ἀρόωσιν, ἀλλὰ τά γ’ ἄσπαρτα καὶ ἀνήροτα πάντα φύονται, πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ ἠδ’ ἄμπελοι, αἵ τε φέρουσιν οἶνον ἐριστάφυλον, καί σφιν Διὸσ ὄμβροσ ἀέξει. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 7:2)

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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