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ὑπερμεγέθης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερμεγέθης ὑπερμεγέθες

Structure: ὑπερμεγεθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = u(pe/rmegas, Hdt., Dem.

Sense

Examples

  • οὗτοσ ἐν τῇ Μεγαρικῇ κατέχων τὰσ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ κληθείσασ πέτρασ Σκειρωνίδασ, ἠνάγκαζε τοὺσ παριόντασ νίζειν αὐτοῦ τοὺσ πόδασ, καὶ νίζοντασ εἰσ τὸν βυθὸν αὐτοὺσ ἔρριπτε βορὰν ὑπερμεγέθει χελώνῃ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 3:2)
  • Ὥσπερ οὐκ ἂν ἐβούλου ἐν νηὶ μεγάλῃ καὶ γλαφυρᾷ καὶ πολυχρύσῳ πλέων βαπτίζεσθαι, οὕτω μηδὲ ἐν οἰκίᾳ αἱροῦ ὑπερμεγέθει καὶ πολυτελεῖ αὐλιζόμενοσ χειμάζεσθαι. (Epictetus, Works, gnomologium epicteteum e( stobaei libris 3-4) 47:1)

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

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