Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • ἐκ δὲ χρημάτων φεύγων Ὀρέστησ ἐστίν, οἱ δ’ ὑπερκόπωσ ἐν τοῖσι σοῖσ πόνοισι χλίουσιν μέγα. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 3:22)
  • τὸ δ’ ὑπερκόπωσ κλύειν εὖ βαρύ· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 3 1:6)

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

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