Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέρτατος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρτατος ὑπέρτατη ὑπέρτατον

Structure: ὑπερτατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poet. Sup. of u(pe/r

Sense

  1. uppermost, highest, supreme
  2. eldest

Examples

  • ἦμεν τύραννοι κἀσ τύρανν’ ἐγημάμην, κἀνταῦθ’ ἀριστεύοντ’ ἐγεινάμην τέκνα, οὐκ ἀριθμὸν ἄλλωσ, ἀλλ’ ὑπερτάτουσ Φρυγῶν· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic13)
  • πολλοῖσι μὲν γὰρ ἀείδεται νικαφόροισ ἐν ἀέθλοισ θρέψαισα καὶ θοαῖσ ὑπερτάτουσ ἡρ́ωασ ἐν μάχαισ· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 8 7:3)

Synonyms

  1. eldest

Related

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

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