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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

  • ὃσ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐκ μεγάλησ μεγίστην καὶ πλουσιωτάτην ποιήσασ, καὶ γενόμενοσ δυνάμει πολλῶν βασιλέων καὶ τυράννων ὑπέρτεροσ, ὧν ἔνιοι καὶ ἐπίτροπον τοῖσ υἱέσι διέθεντο ἐκεῖνον, μιᾷ δραχμῇ μείζονα τὴν οὐσίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν ἧσ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῷ κατέλιπε. (Plutarch, , chapter 15 5:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἄνευθεν ὑμείων στονόεντοσ ὑπέρτεροσ ἔσσομ’ ἀέθλου. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 16:24)
  • τέκνον ἐμὸν γενεῇ μὲν ὑπέρτερόσ ἐστιν Ἀχιλλεύσ, πρεσβύτεροσ δὲ σύ ἐσσι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 66:5)

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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