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ὑπέρκοπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρκοπος ὑπέρκοπον

Structure: ὑπερκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/ptw

Sense

  1. overstepping all bounds, extravagant, arrogant, excessively

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὑπέρκοπος ὑπέρκοπον
Genitive ὑπερκόπου ὑπερκόπου
Dative ὑπερκόπῳ ὑπερκόπῳ
Accusative ὑπέρκοπον ὑπέρκοπον
Vocative ὑπέρκοπε ὑπέρκοπον
DualN/A/V ὑπερκόπω ὑπερκόπω
G/D ὑπερκόποιν ὑπερκόποιν
PluralNominative ὑπέρκοποι ὑπέρκοπα
Genitive ὑπερκόπων ὑπερκόπων
Dative ὑπερκόποις ὑπερκόποις
Accusative ὑπερκόπους ὑπέρκοπα
Vocative ὑπέρκοποι ὑπέρκοπα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὑπέρκοπος ὑπερκόπου ὑπερκοπώτερος ὑπερκοπωτέρου ὑπερκοπώτατος ὑπερκοπωτάτου
Adverb ὑπερκόπως ὑπερκοπώτερον ὑπερκοπώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὄλοιθ’ ὃσ πόλει μεγάλ’ ἐπεύχεται, κεραυνοῦ δέ νιν βέλοσ ἐπισχέθοι, πρὶν ἐμὸν ἐσθορεῖν δόμον, πωλικῶν θ’ ἑδωλίων ὑπερκόπῳ δορί ποτ’ ἐκλαπάξαι. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 11)

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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