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ὑπερκατηφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερκατηφής ὑπερκατηφές

Structure: ὑπερκατηφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. very distressing

Examples

  • εὐθὺσ οὖν ἅπαντα ἐκεῖνα ἐσαλεύετο καὶ ὑπὸ τῆσ ἐπῳδῆσ τοὔδαφοσ ἀνερρήγνυτο καὶ ὑλακὴ τοῦ Κερβέρου πόρρωθεν ἠκούετο καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα ὑπερκατηφὲσ ἦν καὶ σκυθρωπόν. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 10:1)

Similar forms

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

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