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ὑπέρτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρτερος ὑπέρτερᾱ ὑπέρτερον

Structure: ὑπερτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poet. comp. from u(pe/r

Sense

  1. over or above, upper, from the outer parts of a victim
  2. higher, nobler, more excellent, stronger, mightier
  3. victorious or triumphant over, further, more certain
  4. better than

Examples

  • σφόδρα δόξομεν δαί̈ων ὑπέρτεροι ἐν φάει καταβαίνειν· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 4 11:1)
  • " ἀλλ’ ἤτοι τούτων μὲν ὑπέρτεροι Οὐρανίωνεσ ἔσσονθ’ ὡσ ἐθέλοντι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 11)

Synonyms

  1. victorious or triumphant over

  2. better than

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

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