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ὑπερόριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερόριος ὑπερόριον

Structure: ὑπερορι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o(/ros

Sense

  1. over the boundaries or confines, living abroad, in foreign parts, foreign affairs
  2. the country beyond one's own frontiers, a foreign country
  3. foreign to the purpose, outlandish, out-of-the-way

Examples

  • δικασταὶ μὲν γὰρ ἦσαν ἑξακισχίλιοι, τοξόται δ’ ἑξακόσιοι καὶ χίλιοι, καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ ἱππεῖσ χίλιοι καὶ διακόσιοι, βουλὴ δὲ πεντακόσιοι, καὶ φρουροὶ νεωρίων πεντακόσιοι, καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ ἐν τῇ πόλει φρουροὶ ν, ἀρχαὶ δ’ ἔνδημοι μὲν εἰσ ἑπτακοσίουσ ἄνδρασ, ὑπερόριοι δ’ εἰσ ἑπτακοσίουσ· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 24 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. foreign to the purpose

Related

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

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