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

  • πολλὰ μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῦ ὁρᾶται βαθέα, αἱ δὲ ὄχθαι αὗται ὁρᾷσ ὅτι ὑπερύψηλοι καὶ κρημνώδεισ εἰσὶν αἳ αὐτῶν· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 13 3:5)
  • τέμνων δὴ τὰσ ἐλάτασ ̔πολλαὶ γὰρ καὶ ὑπερύψηλοι ἐλάται ἦσαν ἐν κύκλῳ τοῦ ὄρουσ̓ κλίμακασ ἐκ τούτων ἐποίει, ὡσ κάθοδον εἶναι ἐσ τὴν φάραγγα τῇ στρατιᾷ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 21 3:2)

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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