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ὑπέρημος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρημος ὑπέρημον

Structure: ὑπερημ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat desolate

Examples

  • ἦν δ’ ὁ οἶκοσ, ἐν ᾧ ταῦτα δράσειν ἔμελλον, οἱο͂ν εἰκὸσ, ὑπέρημοσ καὶ σκοτώδησ. (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 4 1:2)
  • ἐνίουσ μὲν οὖν αἱ μικραὶ καὶ ὑπέρημοι τῶν Κιλίκων πόλεισ ἐδέξαντο καὶ κατέμιξαν ἑαυταῖσ χώραν προσλαβοῦσαι, τὴν δὲ Σολίων ἠρημωμένην ἔναγχοσ ὑπὸ Τιγράνου τοῦ Ἀρμενίων βασιλέωσ ἀναλαβὼν ἵδρυσε πολλοὺσ ἐν αὐτῇ. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 28 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat desolate

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

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