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ὑπέρλαμπρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρλαμπρος ὑπέρλαμπρον

Structure: ὑπερλαμπρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. exceeding bright
  2. very clear or loud

Examples

  • ὦ τῆσ ὑπερλάμπρου σχῆμα ἀγορᾶσ, ὦ χρυσοῦ τε ἐπώνυμοι καὶ ἱερῶν ὁδοὶ καθ’ ἕκαστον πλαίσιον, ἀντ’ ἀγορᾶσ ἅπασαι, ὦ λιμένεσ ποθοῦντεσ τὰσ τῆσ φιλτάτησ πόλεωσ ἀγκάλασ, ὦ κάλλη γυμνασίων ἀμύθητα, ὦ ναῶν καὶ περιβόλων χάριτεσ, ποῖ ποτε γῆσ ἔδυτε; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:11)

Synonyms

  1. exceeding bright

  2. very clear or loud

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

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