Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπερτενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερτενής ὑπερτενές

Structure: ὑπερτενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. stretching over, laid over

Examples

  • τοῦ δὲ ἀδυνατοῦντοσ εὑρεθεὶσ κρείσσων ὁ Ἀπόλλων, κρεμάσασ τὸν Μαρσύαν ἔκ τινοσ ὑπερτενοῦσ πίτυοσ, ἐκτεμὼν τὸ δέρμα οὕτωσ διέφθειρεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 4 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. stretching over

Similar forms

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

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