Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέρμαχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρμαχος ὑπέρμαχον

Structure: ὑπερμαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a champion, defender

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ παραδοξότατον, ἐν τῷ πάντα σβεννύντι ὕδατι πλεῖον ἐνήργει τὸ πῦρ, ὑπέρμαχοσ γὰρ ὁ κόσμοσ ἐστὶ δικαίων. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:17)
  • μοῦνοσ ἐναιρομένοισιν ὑπέρμαχοσ ἀσπίδα τείνασ, νηυσὶ βαρὺν Τρώων, Αἰᾶν, ἔμεινασ ἄρην· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1471)

Synonyms

  1. a champion

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

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