Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέρπονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρπονος ὑπέρπονον

Structure: ὑπερπον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quite worn out

Examples

  • ἐκ δὲ τῆσ πρὸσ Πῶρον μάχησ καὶ ὁ Βουκεφάλασ ἐτελεύτησεν, οὐκ εὐθύσ, ἀλλ’ ὕστερον, ὡσ οἱ πλεῖστοι λέγουσιν ἀπὸ τραυμάτων θεραπευόμενοσ, ὡσ δὲ Ὀνησίκριτοσ, διὰ γῆρασ ὑπέρπονοσ γενόμενοσ· (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 61 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. quite worn out

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

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