Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • δὲ τὰ μὲν αὐτῶν παριέντων τῶν βασιλέων, τὰ δὲ τῶν ὄχλων παραιρουμένων, ἐν μὲν ταῖσ ἄλλαισ πόλεσιν αἱ θυσίαι κατελείφθησαν τοῖσ βασιλεῦσι μόνον, ὅπου δ’ ἄξιον εἰπεῖν εἶναι βασιλείαν, ἐν τοῖσ ὑπερορίοισ τῶν πολεμικῶν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν μόνον εἶχον. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 3 249:1)

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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