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ὑπερνέφελος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hypernephelos

Principal Part: ὑπερνέφελος ὑπερνέφελον

Structure: ὑπερνεφελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: νεφέλη

Sense

  1. above the clouds

Examples

  • καὶ πῶς ἂν ἔγωγε, ὦ θεσπέσιε καὶ Ὀλύμπιε Μένιππε, γεννητὸς αὐτὸς καὶ ἐπίγειος ὢν ἀπιστεῖν δυναίμην ὑπερνεφέλῳ ἀνδρὶ καὶ ἵνα καθ Ὅμηρον εἴπω τῶν Οὐρανιώνων ἑνί· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 2:6)
  • ἡμεῖς δὴ ὁ συρφετὸς καὶ ὅσοι χαμαὶ ἐρχόμενοι ἐσμέν, μετὰ τῶν θεῶν καὶ ὑμᾶς προσευξόμεθα ὑπερνεφέλους γενομένους καὶ ἀνελθόντας οἷ πάλαι σπεύδετε. (Lucian, 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. above the clouds

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

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