Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέρκομπος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρκομπος ὑπέρκομπον

Structure: ὑπερκομπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. overweening, arrogant

Examples

  • τοιαῦτ’ ἀλύων ταῖσ ὑπερκόμποισ σαγαῖσ βοᾷ παρ’ ὄχθαισ ποταμίαισ, μάχησ ἐρῶν, ἵπποσ χαλινῶν ὣσ κατασθμαίνων μένει, ὅστισ βοὴν σάλπιγγοσ ὁρμαίνει μένων. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode12)

Synonyms

  1. overweening

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

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