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ὑπερκύδας?

Third declension Noun; Transliteration: hyperkydas

Principal Part: ὑπερκύδας ὑπερκύδαντος

Structure: ὑπερκυδαντ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: κῦδος

Sense

  1. exceeding famous or renowned

Declension

Third declension

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

  • τίκτε δ ὑπερκύδαντα Μενοίτιον ἠδὲ Προμηθέα ποικίλον αἰολόμητιν, ἁμαρτίνοόν τ Ἐπιμηθέα ὃς κακὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς γένετ ἀνδράσιν ἀλφηστῇσιν: (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 48:3)
  • σὺ δὲ θᾶσσον Ἀθηναίῃ ἐπιτεῖλαι ἐλθεῖν ἐς Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν φύλοπιν αἰνήν, πειρᾶν δ ὥς κε Τρῶες ὑπερκύδαντας Ἀχαιοὺς ἄρξωσι πρότεροι ὑπὲρ ὁρ´κια δηλήσασθαι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 4 6:10)
  • αἶψα μάλ ἐς στρατὸν ἐλθὲ μετὰ Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιούς, πειρᾶν δ ὥς κε Τρῶες ὑπερκύδαντας Ἀχαιοὺς ἄρξωσι πρότεροι ὑπὲρ ὁρ´κια δηλήσασθαι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 4 7:3)

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

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