Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόβρυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόβρυχος ὑπόβρυχον

Structure: ὑποβρυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = u(pobru/xios

Sense

  1. under water

Examples

  • τὸν δ’ ἄρ’ ὑπόβρυχα θῆκε πολὺν χρόνον, οὐδ’ ἐδυνάσθη αἶψα μάλ’ ἀνσχεθέειν μεγάλου ὑπὸ κύματοσ ὁρμῆσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 32:4)
  • τὸν γὰρ ποταμὸν πρῆγμα ἂν ἦν μοῦνον ἐπεῖναι σφέων ἐπὶ τὴν χώρην, χώματι ἐκ τοῦ αὐλῶνοσ ἐκβιβάσαντα καὶ παρατρέψαντα δι’ ὧν νῦν ῥέει ῥεέθρων, ὥστε Θεσσαλίην πᾶσαν ἔξω τῶν ὀρέων ὑπόβρυχα γενέσθαι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 130 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. under water

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

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