Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέρσοφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρσοφος ὑπέρσοφον

Structure: ὑπερσοφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. exceeding wise or clever

Examples

  • εἶδεσ ὦ εἶδεσ ὦ πᾶσα πόλι τὸν φρόνιμον ἄνδρα τὸν ὑπέρσοφον, οἷ’ ἔχει σπεισάμενοσ ἐμπορικὰ χρήματα διεμπολᾶν, ὧν τὰ μὲν ἐν οἰκίᾳ χρήσιμα, τὰ δ’ αὖ πρέπει χλιαρὰ κατεσθίειν. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Choral, strophe1)

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

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