Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπερύψηλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερύψηλος ὑπερύψηλον

Structure: ὑπερυψηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. exceeding high

Examples

  • ἔνθεν μὲν γὰρ ὄρη ἦν ὑπερύψηλα, ἔνθεν δὲ ὁ ποταμὸσ τοσοῦτοσ βάθοσ ὡσ μηδὲ τὰ δόρατα ὑπερέχειν πειρωμένοισ τοῦ βάθουσ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 9:3)
  • πολλοὶ δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐσ τὰ ὄρη κατέφυγον, ἃ δὴ ὑπερύψηλά τε καὶ ἀπότομα αὐτοῖσ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ ἐστίν, ὡσ πρὸσ ταῦτά γε οὐχ ἥξοντα Ἀλέξανδρον. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 24 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. exceeding high

Related

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

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