Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπερπετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερπετής ὑπερπετές

Structure: ὑπερπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. flying over or above, high-flying

Examples

  • ἔτι δὲ τῶν ἀναφερομένων ἀτμῶν ἐπισπαστικοί τινέσ εἰσι πρὸσ ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ οἱο͂ν ῥοφητικοὶ τοῦ ὑπερπετοῦσ, ὡσ τὸ ἤλεκτρον τοῦ ἀχύρου καὶ ἡ σιδηρῖτισ τοῦ σιδήρου· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 76:4)

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

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