Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέροικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέροικος ὑπέροικον

Structure: ὑπεροικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. dwelling above or beyond

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ κατύπερθε πρὸσ βορέην λέγουσι ἄνεμον τῶν ὑπεροίκων τῆσ χώρησ οὐκ οἱᾶ̀ τε εἶναι ἔτι προσωτέρω οὔτε ὁρᾶν οὔτε διεξιέναι ὑπὸ πτερῶν κεχυμένων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 7 3:1)

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

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