Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπερνότιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερνότιος ὑπερνότιον

Structure: ὑπερνοτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: No/tos

Sense

  1. beyond the south wind, at the extreme south

Examples

  • εἰ δὲ εἰσὶ ὑπερβόρεοι τινὲσ ἄνθρωποι, εἰσὶ καὶ ὑπερνότιοι ἄλλοι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 36 2:3)
  • τοῦ γὰρ Ἡροδότου μηδένασ ὑπερβορείουσ εἶναι φήσαντοσ, μηδὲ γὰρ ὑπερνοτίουσ, γελοίαν φησὶν εἶναι τὴν ἀπόδειξιν καὶ ὁμοίαν ὁ Ἐρατοσθένησ τῷ σοφίσματι τούτῳ, εἴ τισ λέγοι μηδένασ εἶναι ἐπιχαιρεκάκουσ, μηδὲ γὰρ ἐπιχαιραγάθουσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 3 44:2)
  • κατὰ τύχην τε εἶναι καὶ ὑπερνοτίουσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 3 44:3)

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

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