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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

  • τῶν γὰρ μεθυσκομένων ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆσ ὁ οἶνόσ ἐστι καὶ πιέζονται καὶ ταπεινοῦνται, δέον ὑπερτέρουσ εἶναι καὶ κρατεῖν ἀεὶ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ ταύτησ ἀλλὰ μὴ κρατεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 112 1:4)
  • πιέζονται καὶ ταπεινοῦνται, δέον ὑπερτέρουσ εἶναι καὶ κρατεῖν ἀεὶ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ ταύτησ ἀλλὰ μὴ κρατεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 112 2:1)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ ὑποχειρίουσ γενομένουσ ἠλευθέρωσε πρῶτον μὲν Ἀσσυρίων καὶ τῆσ ἐκείνων ἰσχύοσ ὑπερτέρουσ ἀπεργασάμενοσ, ἔπειτα Ἀμμανιτῶν κρατῆσαι παρασχὼν καὶ Μωαβιτῶν καὶ τελευταίων Παλαιστίνων. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 6 120:2)

Synonyms

  1. victorious or triumphant over

  2. better than

Related

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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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