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ὑπέρογκος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρογκος ὑπέρογκον

Structure: ὑπερογκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of excessive bulk, swollen to a great size
  2. immoderate, excessive

Examples

  • διὸ κάλλιστον καὶ βεβαιότατον εὐτέλεια τιμῆσ φυλακτήριον, αἱ δὲ μεγάλαι καὶ ὑπέρογκοι καὶ βάροσ ἔχουσαι παραπλησίωσ τοῖσ ἀσυμμέτροισ ἀνδριᾶσι ταχὺ περιτρέπονται. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 27 17:2)
  • οἱ μέν γε καὶ τάξασθαι ῥᾴδιοι καὶ προσαμύνειν ἑαυτοῖσ, αἱ δ’ ὑπέρογκοι δυνάμεισ ὑφ’ ἑαυτῶν βλάπτονται πλέον ἢ τῶν πολεμίων. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 568:2)

Synonyms

  1. immoderate

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

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