Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑποδίφθερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑποδίφθερος ὑποδίφθερον

Structure: ὑποδιφθερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: difqe/ra

Sense

  1. clothed in skins

Examples

  • τίσ οὗτόσ ἐστιν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ὁ κεκραγὼσ ἐκ τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ παρὰ τὸν Ὑμηττὸν ἐν τῇ ὑπωρείᾳ πιναρὸσ ὅλοσ καὶ αὐχμῶν καὶ ὑποδίφθεροσ; (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 7:1)
  • οἱ μέντοι Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ ἐν τοῖσ προσβορροτάτοισ ὑποδιφθέρουσ τρέφουσι ποίμνασ ἱκανῶσ ἀστείασ ἐρέασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 4 6:8)
  • ἔχει δὲ καὶ προβατείαν ὑποδιφθέρου καὶ μαλακῆσ ἐρέασ, ἧσ καθ’ ὅλην τὴν Καππαδοκίαν καὶ τὸν Πόντον σφόδρα πολλὴ σπάνισ ἐστί· (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 26:2)

Synonyms

  1. clothed in skins

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

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