Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑποβολιμαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑποβολιμαῖος ὑποβολιμαῖη ὑποβολιμαῖον

Structure: ὑποβολιμαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(pobolh/ I. 2

Sense

  1. substituted by stealth, supposititious

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • Πῶσ οὖν ἀκριβὴσ ὁ Αἰακὸσ ὢν οὐ διέγνω σε μὴ ὄντα ἐκεῖνον, ἀλλὰ παρεδέξατο ὑποβολιμαῖον Ἡρακλέα παρόντα; (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 4:4)
  • τόδε δέ μοι εἰπέ, σὺ ἐκεῖνοσ εἶ Ἀλέξανδροσ, ὃν λέγουσιν ὑποβολιμαῖον; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 20:5)
  • ὃν εἰκότωσ ἐξαρνοῦνται Κλειτόριοι μὴ φῦναι παρὰ σφίσι, γενέσθαι δ’ ὑποβολιμαῖον ἐξ Ὀρχομενοῦ τῶν ἐπηλύδων τινὸσ στρατιωτῶν. (Polybius, Histories, book 2, chapter 55 9:2)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ οὔτε ἐκείνοισ πείθομαι οὔτε Ἀχαιῶν Αἰγιεῦσιν ὑποβολιμαῖόν σε εἶναι φάσκουσιν ἃ δὲ μάλιστα ἐλεγχθῆναι δεῖν ἡγοῦμαι, ταῦτα ἐρῶ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 6:11)
  • πότερον οὐχ ἡγούμενοσ ἐξ ἐκείνου γένουσ εἶναί με γνήσιον, ἀλλ’ ὑποβολιμαῖόν τινα καὶ νόθον; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 4, chapter 32 3:2)

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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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