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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

  • κατ’ ἀρχὰσ μὲν οὖν παρ’ ἀμφοτέρων ἦν ἔργα χειρῶν καὶ προθυμίασ παραπλήσια καὶ πολὺσ ἐγένετο φόνοσ ἐξ ἑκατέρων τῶν στρατευμάτων, ὑπερτέρων δὲ τῶν Ἀλεξάνδρου γινομένων Φιλοστέφανοσ διελὼν τὴν δύναμιν δεξιῶσ τοῖσ ἐνδιδοῦσιν ἐπεκούρει. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 13 420:1)

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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