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ὑπέρφοβος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρφοβος ὑπέρφοβον

Structure: ὑπερφοβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. very fearful, timid

Examples

  • οἱ γὰρ ὑπέρφοβοι βλάπτειν μὲν τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ἀφ’ ἑαυτῶν οὐκ ἐῶσι, τὸν δὲ ἀναβάτην ἔσφηλάν τε πολλάκισ καὶ εἰσ τὰ χαλεπώτατα ἐνέβαλον. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 10:2)
  • καὶ οἱ ὑπασπισταὶ ὑπέρφοβοι γενόμενοι ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέωσ σπουδῇ ὠθούμενοι κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν κλίμακα συντρίβουσιν αὐτήν, ὥστε οἱ μὲν ἤδη ἀνιόντεσ αὐτῶν κάτω ἔπεσον, τοῖσ δὲ ἄλλοισ ἄπορον ἐποίησαν τὴν ἄνοδον. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 9 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. very fearful

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

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