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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὑπέρτερος ὑπερτέρᾱ ὑπέρτερον
Genitive ὑπερτέρου ὑπερτέρᾱς ὑπερτέρου
Dative ὑπερτέρῳ ὑπερτέρᾱͅ ὑπερτέρῳ
Accusative ὑπέρτερον ὑπερτέρᾱν ὑπέρτερον
Vocative ὑπέρτερε ὑπερτέρᾱ ὑπέρτερον
DualN/A/V ὑπερτέρω ὑπερτέρᾱ ὑπερτέρω
G/D ὑπερτέροιν ὑπερτέραιν ὑπερτέροιν
PluralNominative ὑπέρτεροι ὑπέρτεραι ὑπέρτερα
Genitive ὑπερτέρων ὑπερτερῶν ὑπερτέρων
Dative ὑπερτέροις ὑπερτέραις ὑπερτέροις
Accusative ὑπερτέρους ὑπερτέρᾱς ὑπέρτερα
Vocative ὑπέρτεροι ὑπέρτεραι ὑπέρτερα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὑπέρτερος ὑπερτέρου ὑπερτερώτερος ὑπερτερωτέρου ὑπερτερώτατος ὑπερτερωτάτου
Adverb ὑπερτέρως ὑπερτερώτερον ὑπερτερώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τλάμον’ εὐνὰν αἰχμάλωτον ἀνδρὸσ εὐτυχοῦντοσ ὣσ δυσμενοῦσ ὑπερτέρου ἐλπίσ ἐστι νύκτερον τέλοσ μολεῖν, παγκλαύτων ἀλγέων ἐπίρροθον. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 35)
  • εἰ γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο δώσουσιν, ἡ μὲν ἔκρυσισ οὐκ ἂν κωλύοιτο ἡ νῦν, οὐκ ἀπὸ ὑπερτέρου δὲ ἐδάφουσ οὐδὲ ἐπικλινοῦσ, ὅπερ ἠξίου Στράτων. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 3 12:4)

Synonyms

  1. victorious or triumphant over

  2. better than

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

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